Tag: War of Will

By Ed McNamara The only horses who won the Louisiana Derby and the Kentucky Derby were Black Gold (1924) and Grindstone (1996). That doesn’t mean the Fair Grounds’ three Derby preps — the Lecomte, Risen …

By Margaret Ransom Triple Crown hopefuls in Louisiana take their first steps in 2021 toward the Kentucky Derby (G1) in Saturday’s the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at the Fair Grounds. The 1-mile, 70-yard race offers …

By Mike Farrell Come gather round children and you will hear The tale of the coupled entry horseplayers once held so dear In the not too distant past, coupled entries were commonplace. If there was …

By Margaret Ransom A field of 11 is set for the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Santa Anita on Monday, including last year’s Preakness (G1) winner War of Will, who hasn’t raced since a ninth-place …

By Richard Rosenblatt Which War of Will shows up for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic is anyone’s guess, but the way he’s been working lately has trainer Mark Casse feeling somewhat optimistic about his …

Contact: Jim Gluckson, Breeders’ Cup, jim@breederscup.com, 646-335-6835 MCKINZIE, CODE OF HONOR, MIDNIGHT BISOU, BRICKS AND MORTAR AND MAGICAL LEAD 188 HORSES PRE-ENTERED FOR 2019 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARCADIA, Calif.  (Oct. 23, 2019) — Led by Whitney …

By US Racing Team The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) for 3-year-olds is Saturday at Parx Racing, located just outside Philadelphia. The post-position draw was held Monday, and a field of seven was entered for …

By Richard Rosenblatt Preakness winner War of Will is ready. So is Maximum Security, the first-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby. Improbable is probably in, too. The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing …

Gary Barber’s War of Will took the early Kentucky Derby trail by storm, easily winning the LeComte Stakes (GIII) and Risen Star Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, before a bad break and …

War of Will kept his undefeated record on the dirt intact with a convincing 4-length score in the LeComte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds, dropping his Kentucky Derby future odds to 40/1. In two dirt …