Bolt d’Oro, McKinzie top Kentucky Derby Contenders List

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- After three Kentucky Derby prep races on March 10; the Gotham, Tampa Bay Derby and the San Felipe, it looks like some of the best 3-year-olds are in Southern California. Let’s look at the Gotham at Aqueduct and the Tampa Bay...
Posted On 11 Mar 2018
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McKinzie moves to the top of 2018 Kentucky Derby Contenders List

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Gulfstream Park in south Florida now has two-thirds of its Kentucky Derby prep races in the books and I really don’t think we learned that much. No dominate colt has stepped forward to claim the title as the champ of Gulfstream....
Posted On 04 Mar 2018
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My Boy Jack joins 2018 Kentucky Derby Contenders

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The Risen Star at Fairgrounds, the El Camino Real and the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park are now in the books. So what did we learn from the races? Let’s start with the negatives first. The Risen Star (50 points to the winner)...
Posted On 20 Feb 2018
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No Changes to 2018 Kentucky Derby Contenders List

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Nothing changes on my Top 10 list following the Sam F. Davis on Feb. 10 at Tampa Bay Donws in Florida. I would keep an eye on the winner, Flameaway, if he is a late nominee to the Triple Crown. As of yet his owner have not seen...
Posted On 11 Feb 2018
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Good Magic Holds Top Spot in 2018 Kentucky Derby Contenders List

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- We’ve had a few more 3-year-old races and now we can get a little more serious with the 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders on the Top 10. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic (Curlin) who, although he hasn’t race yet in 2018,...
Posted On 05 Feb 2018
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47th Annual Eclipse Awards: Gun Runner, Forever Unbridled Correll’s Picks

Tracksideview Staff —- A pair of Breeders’ Cup champions, Classic winner Gun Runner, and Distaff champion Forever Unbridled are Tracksideview’s senior staff writer and long time National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) member Ron Correll’s top picks...
Posted On 25 Jan 2018
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2018 Kentucky Derby: Good Magic tops the early contenders List

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Now that we are halfway through January and we’ve seen several races that involved 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders, it’s time for the first Top 10 list of the year. We’ll start with Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic...
Posted On 16 Jan 2018
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Satuday’s Breeders’ Cup Selections; Pick-4

By Ron Correll Senior Columnist Tracksideview —- Here are my picks for the Breeders’ Cup races on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Del Mar in Southern California. Saturday’s Cup races start in Race 4 with the Juvenile Fillies and I will give my top four picks in each race and if I can...
Posted On 03 Nov 2017
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Friday’s Breeders’ Cup, Pick-4 Selections

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- These are my picks for the Breeders’ Cup races on Friday, Nov. 3 at Del Mar in Southern California. I’m not going into a lot of detail on my selections; most of them are self-evident. I will list the picks in descending order...
Posted On 02 Nov 2017
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Second Season

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The Jim Dandy on Saturday at Saratoga Springs in upstate New York and the Haskell Invitation on Sunday at Monmouth Park in Oceanside, N.J. start the second season for the 3-year-old crop. The fields include some of the colts who...
Posted On 28 Jul 2017
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