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Ron Correll Senior Columnist Tracksideview With just two months to the 147th Kentucky Derby on May 1, it’s time to unveil my first Derby Top 10 of 2021. Leading off is the 2-year-old champion Essential Quality who looked like he hadn’t lost a step in winning the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo provided by Oaklawn Park HOT SPRINGS, AR (Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021) – Two-time champion Monomoy Girl, making her 6-year-old debut for new connections Spendthrift Farm LLC, MyRacehorse Stable and Madaket Stables LLC, picked up where she left off 2020...

By David Joseph —- Photos by Lauren King Phantom Currency Wires $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) Field Gelding Goes the Distance to Notch First Career Stakes Victory HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Susan and Jim Hill’s Phantom Currency notched his first career stakes victory in...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – To many observers, 5-year-old gelding Quality Step has made it look easy in the Males Division of the Tampa Turf Test. He made it 3-for-3 in the starter handicap series, winning today’s 1 1/8-mile leg by three-quarters of a length from...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photos By Coady Photography HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021) – Godolphin, LLC’s Mystic Guide, making his 4-year-old debut, made a sweeping move around the turn and drew away to a sixth-length victory in Saturday’s $600,000 Razorback Handicap...

By David Joseph —- Greatest Honour Registers Gutsy Win in G2 Fountain of Youth HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest Honour wove his way through traffic before unleashing an impressive kick in the stretch to capture Saturday’s $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photos By Coady Photography HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021) – Reigning Two-Year-Old Champion Essential Quality capped a huge day for owner Godolphin, LLC with an impressive victory in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3), his 3-year-old...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications, —- LEXINGTON, Ky. – Though he was caught in late stretch en route to finishing second in the $20 million Saudi Cup on February 20, Charlatan’s game effort against international competition was enough for the son of Speightstown to garner...

By Brian Nadeau —- Ladies’ Man Amoss Chasing Trainer’s Title with Strong Group of 3-Year-Old Fillies New Orleans (February 21, 2021) – Should Tom Amoss win his 12th Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots trainer’s title, he’ll have an arsenal of 3-year-old fillies to thank....

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- 40-day meet offers 20 Grade 1s, including seven BC WAYI events; G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup and G1 Flower Bowl to anchor Closing Weekend SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 40-day...