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By Darren Rogers —- Pletcher Leads Trainers with Trio of Wagering Interests; Pool 4 Opens Friday, Closes Sunday at 6 p.m. (EDT) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, April 3, 2018) – A tightly-grouped foursome headed by Ruis Racing LLC’s San Felipe (GII) winner Bolt d’Oro (#2, 5-1)...

By Amy Owens —- Clickhere for the TOYOTA BLUE GRASS (G2) WEEKEND microsite, which includes information about the Central Bank Ashland (G1). Clickhere for a video of today’s Post Position Draw for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) and Central Bank Ashland (G1). Monomoy Girl Heads...

By Amy Owens —- Click here for the TOYOTA BLUE GRASS (G2) WEEKEND microsite. See biographies of the connections of entrants in the race, along with history, statistics, charts and replays. Click here for a video of today’s Post Position Draw for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2)...

By Ryan Martin —- SYNCHRONY NAMED HORSE OF THE WINTER MEET NEW ORLEANS (April 2, 2018) – Trainer Brad Cox and jockey Shaun Bridgmohan added another Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots championship title to their accomplished resumes for the 2017-18 Winter Meet while...

By Amy Owens —- MONDAY, APRIL 2 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 27, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend...

By Mike Willman —- ‘WE’LL RUN HERE,’ SAYS BAFFERT AS TOP PROSPECT JUSTIFY IS COMMITTED TO SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY BUDDING SUPERSTAR SET TO TAKE ON BOLT D’ORO & OTHERS AT 1 1/8 MILES IN THIRD START ARCADIA, Calif. (April 2, 2018)—Bob Baffert,...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- WEST COAST HOLDS LEAD IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL FOR ALL HORSES AFTER SECOND IN DUBAI WORLD CUP LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, April 2, 2018) – New York-bred Audible (6 first-place votes, 381 points)has moved up to second in the latest NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll...

By Ed Golden —- • BOLT D’ORO ‘ON POINT’ FOR RICH SANTA ANITA DERBY • KTLA MORNING NEWS AT SANTA ANITA ON THRUSDAY • RACING MOURNS THE PASSING OF HACEK AND KOOBA • APRIL 8 TELETHON WILL BENEFIT DISABLED JOCKEYS BOLT D’ORO BREEZES FOR $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY Leading...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Mendelssohn; Mathea Kelley/Dubai Racing Club Photo Wow! That’s all I can say after Mendelssohn won the UAE Derby on March 31 at Meydan in Dubai by 18 lengths and in track record time of 1:55.18 for the mile-and-three-sixteenths...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – One day after notching his 1,000th career victory, trainer Rudy Rodriguez added another milestone in capturing the training title for the Aqueduct winter meet that concluded on Saturday with three wins in the Claiming Championship...