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Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Tapit Trice is for real and now Todd Pletcher has at least a double-barrel threat for the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The son of Tapit broke flat-footed...

Old Friends Welcomes Any Given Saturday Home from South Korea The 19-year-old stakes winner had been standing in South Korea since 2015   GEORGETOWN, KY – March 6, 2023 – Any Given Saturday has been repatriated to the United States from South Korea to spend his retirement at Old...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Photo by Jaime Newell TRINITY, Fla. – Forte, Practical Move and Raise Cain all earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with 50-point wins in prep races on March 4 across the country. Forte, a son of Violence,...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Wonderful Justice Stays Perfect Winning the Black Gold ● Big Chopper scored his second stake of the meet, this time on the turf in the Edward J. Johnston Memorial ● Fort Polk Grinds Out the Red Camelia New Orleans (Saturday, March 4, 2023) – Blue Diamond...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Coady Photography CHEL-C BAILY EARNS FIRST STAKES WIN IN DOWNTHEDUSTYROAD GAR HOLE DEFENDS NODOUBLE TITLE HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 4, 2023) – Jockey Chel-C Bailey and John Carver’s Summer Shoes have made a formidable team over the last year,...

By Mike Willman —- Benoit Photo PRACTICAL MOVE SAVES GROUND & SAILS TO AN IMPRESSIVE 2 ½ LENGTH SCORE IN GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES TO STAMP HIMSELF A DERBY A-LISTER WINNER BAGS 50 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS, AS 20-15-10-5 GO TO REMAINING TOP FIVE...

By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Andrew Warren and Rania Warren’s Raise Cain announced his presence on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with an emphatic open-lengths score for trainer Ben Colebrook in Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham, a one-turn mile for 3-year-olds, at Aqueduct...

By Mike Willman —- FOUR-TIME ECLIPSE AWARD WINNER JAVIER CASTELLANO WINS 2023 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD VIA A NATIONWIDE VOTE OF HIS PEERS WOOLF MEMORIAL AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT SANTA ANITA THIS SPRING ARCADIA, Calif. (March 2, 2023)—A four-time Eclipse Award...

By David Joseph —- Barbara Livingston Photo Boulanger Remembers Built for Pleasure Upset Fountain of Youth Winner Paid $288 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – By late February of 1996, South Florida’s betting public had seen plenty of a nondescript horse named Built for Pleasure....

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., produced the first colt with a guaranteed spot in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May. Confidence Game picked up 50 points toward...