Category: Horse Racing News

Art Collector Out of Kentucky Derby with Foot Issue By Richard Rosenblatt Art Collector, considered one of the top contenders for the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G3) on Saturday, is out of race with a …

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Mr. Big News By Ed McNamara This deep closer with no Derby points will be one of the longest shots in the 18-horse field. His best race this year was a …

Derby/Oaks Notes: Mr. Big News Derby-bound; Gamine favored in Oaks By US Racing Team Add another zero into the field for the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) – a horse with zero Kentucky Derby qualifying …

Kentucky Derby Favorite: Tiz the Law The New York-bred Kentucky Derby contender, Tiz the Law, possessed by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg are the prohibitive favorite Derby regardless of who shows up in …

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Money Moves By US Racing Team Money Moves is a neck from being unbeaten in his first three career races. Unfortunately, he just lost in an $62,500 optional claimer, and he …

Kentucky Oaks Draw: Baffert’s Gamine Even-Money Favorite By Lynne Snierson The brilliantly fast Gamine, a dual Grade 1 winner owned by Michael Lund Petersen and trained by three-time Oaks-winning trainer Bob Baffert, has been installed …

A Most Surprising Derby: Canonero II’s ‘Derbygate’ of 1971 By Maryjean Wall A theme of starting gates and stable gates stood central to the 1971 Kentucky Derby, an oddity that could describe that year’s 97th …

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Enforceable By Ed McNamara A deep closer, Lecomte (G3) winner Enforceable made a big run to be second despite serious traffic problems in a division of the Risen Star (G2) at …

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Enforceable By Ed McNamara A deep closer, Lecomte (G3) winner Enforceable made a big run to be second despite serious traffic problems in a division of the Risen Star (G2) at …

By John Furgele A few weeks ago, driver Yannick Gingras decided to head to Canada because he wanted to drive Tall Dark Stranger in the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup. A year ago, that …

MAJOR FED HORSE PROFILE By Ed McNamara Closer is 1-for-6 lifetime, 0-for-4 in stakes, with his career highlight a close second to Modernist (division of G2 Risen Star), who wasn’t good enough to make the …

MAJOR FED HORSE PROFILE By Ed McNamara Closer is 1-for-6 lifetime, 0-for-4 in stakes, with his career highlight a close second to Modernist (division of G2 Risen Star), who wasn’t good enough to make the …

By US Racing Team Authentic, perhaps the better half of trainer Bob Baffert’s Derby duo, is all set for his Run for the Roses. The Haskell Stakes (G1) winner had his final pre-Derby workout at …

MAX PLAYER HORSE PROFILE By US Racing Team A grinder, Max Player ran respectable thirds in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers (G1) while never looking like he could win either race, beaten by a …

By Richard Rosenblatt The preps are over, the workouts complete: Tiz the Law is set to head off to the Kentucky Derby. Tiz the Law put in his final workout on Saturday at Saratoga Race …