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By Amy Owens —- Saturday’s 100th Running of the $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass has Sierra Leone as 2-1 Morning Line Favorite LEXINGTON, KY (April 2, 2024) – Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brook Smith’s Sierra Leone is the 2-1...

By Amy Owens —- Champion Just F Y I Heads Field of Eight for Friday’s Central Bank Ashland on Opening Day of Keeneland Spring Meet LEXINGTON, KY (April 1, 2024) – George Krikorian’s undefeated champion Just F Y I will make her 2024 debut Friday when she headlines a field of...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2024 D’AMATO TAKES MULTIPLE SHOTS IN GIII AMERICAN, GIII WILSHIRE MILLION-DOLLAR MEN: HERNANDEZ, MALDONADO HIT IT BIG SATURDAY’S GI SANTA ANITA DERBY WILL BE AIRED ON CNBC MULLINS BAGS 3 WINS ON FRIDAY’S 8-RACE CARD D’AMATO TAKES...

“Santa Anita Press Box” —- NEW BIG 3 PICK 3 TO FEATURE WOOD MEMORIAL, BLUE GRASS AND SANTA ANITA DERBY Arcadia, CA, Lexington, KY and Ozone Park, NY.–The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), Keeneland and 1/ST today announce the creation of the Big 3 Pick...

By Amy Owens —- MONDAY, APRIL 1 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. On Tuesday, post positions will be drawn for the 100th running of the $1 million...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Ryan Thompson Photo TRINITY, Fla. – The “good” Fierceness showed up again in the Florida Derby on March 30 and the colt romped by more than 13 lengths to win in a nice time of 1:48.22 for the mile-and-an eighth race. The son of...

By David Joseph —- Sunday’s Mandatory Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Expected to Exceed $5 Million Pletcher Unveils Dominating Debut Winner Mindframe Cairo Consort Rallies to Capture $150,000 Sand Springs HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a...

By Amy Owens —- SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday, April 5 and runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. On Tuesday, April 2, post positions will be drawn for the 100th running...

By David Joseph —- Fierceness; Ryan Thompson Photos Fierceness Rebounds with Record Curlin Florida Derby Win Eclipse Champion Rolls to Victory by Record 13 ½ Lengths Gives Pletcher Record Eighth Win in Tradition-Rich Prep HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable’s Fierceness...

by Robert Yates Muth; Renee Torbit Photo For Immediate Release HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 30, 2024) – No Derby, no problem. Zedan Racing Stables’ Muth, running for purse dollars and style points only, gave Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying fifth Arkansas...