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Starting gate filling up Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Iron Honor picked up 50 points and a place in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with a win in the Gotham at Aqueduct. Whether he’s good enough to be competitive in the “Run for...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Paladin reserved a spot in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs when he won the Risen Star at Fairgrounds on Feb. 14. The son of Gun Runner picked up 50 points with the win and...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – We’ve now gone through the Withers (won by Talk to me Jimmy), the Southwest (Silent Tactic), the Sam F. Davis (Renegade) and the Robert B. Lewis (Plutarch) the weekend of Feb. 5-6 and we learned that Renegade...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – Although weather, extreme cold in the Midwest and East Coast, has caused several racetracks to delay or postpone some races, I’ve seen enough colts on the Kentucky Derby trail to start compiling a Top 10 list...

Sovereignty gets the nod Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – The 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner will be held Jan. 22, 2025, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, one of the three voting...

By Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The Breeders Cup will fire off on Oct. 31 with 2-year-old taking center stage on Friday and older horses on Saturday, Nov. 1. I’ll give my top picks and what I consider a live longshot. We’ll...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. I’ll get this off my chest one more time. This is the Belmont Stakes “light” because once again this year it will be run at a mile-and-a-quarter distance instead of the mile-and-a-half “Test of...

By Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The 150th Preakness Stakes is May 17 at Pimlico in Baltimore, Md., and three colts from the Kentucky Derby have moved on to this race. Regrettably, the connections of Derby winner Sovereighty chose not...

By Ron Correll Senior columnist —- Tracksideview California Dreaming TRINITY, Fla. – The 151st Kentucky Derby on May 3rd at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., is upon us. I will take a look at the colts entered and give my opinion on each. They will be listed in...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The prep races for the 151st Kentucky Derby on May 3rd at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., are over and here are the colts with enough points to get into the race. There is only room for 20 colts, but I...