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By Ed Golden —- • ONLY ONE HORSE CAN BEAT JUSTIFY– JUSTIFY • MOONLESS SKY IS SET FOR FRAN’S VALENTINE • ASA ESPINOZA ENJOYS HIS FIRST-EVER TRIPLE TRIPLE CROWN AWAITS JUSTIFY, CLOCKER SAYS Paraphrasing FDR, the only thing Justify has to fear is Justify himself....

By Darren Rogers —- CHURCHILL TRAINERS GIVE THEIR PREAKNESS STAKES SELECTIONS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 18, 2018) – The pageantry of the 143rd running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (Grade I), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown headlined by the Kentucky Derby...

By John Heims —- TRAINER KENT SWEEZEY’S FIRST MONMOUTH PARK MEETING PROVING TO BE AN EYE-OPENING LEARNING EXPERIENCE Trainer Kent Sweezey is confident the winners will come soon enough for him at Monmouth Park, possibly as soon as Sunday, May 20, when he saddles Storm Cry...

By Bailey Gallison —- EIGHT ASSEMBLE IN RETURN OF GRADE III ARLINGTON MATRON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 17, 2018) – A field of eight will be chasing after their first graded-stakes victory in the 81st running of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Matron, a...

TSV Staff Selections —- PIMLICO EXACTA; 50 cent TRIFECTA & DAILY DOUBLE (RACES 7-8) 10 cent SUPERFECTA / 50 cent PICK 3 (RACES 7-8-9) / $300;000 GUARANTEE 50 cent PICK 5 (RACES 7-8-9-10-11) / $1.00 SUPER HIGH 5 Post Time: ( 2:39)/ 1:39/12:39/11:39 ADVANCED FORECAST:...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown will enter a pair of formidable contenders seeking their first respective stakes wins in the Grade 3, $100,000 Soaring Softly for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday, Preakness Day, at Belmont Park. While Brown will saddle...

By Rick Francis —- PIMLICO EXACTA; 50 cent TRIFECTA & 1st LEG BLACK-EYED SUSAN-PREAKNESS DAILY DOUBLE / 10 cent SUPERFECTA / 50 cent PICK 3 (RACES 11-12-13) / $300;000 GUARANTEE 50 cent PICK 4 (RACES 11-12-13-14) / $1.00 SUPER HIGH 5 Post Time: ( 4:48)/ 3:48/ 2:48/...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 17, 2018) – There are several new faces on the Churchill Downs backstretch to begin the 2018 Spring Meet, and one is New Jersey native and veteran horseman Anthony Quartarolo. “I never thought I’d love Kentucky as much as I...

By Amy Owens —- Simulcast action available at Red Mile LEXINGTON, KY (May 16, 2018) – Undefeated Justify, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) on May 5, and Derby runner-up and champion Good Magic lead the five graduates of Keeneland’s 2016...

By Mike Willman —- MOONLESS SKY & CHEEKABOO HEAD SATURDAY’S $100,000 FRAN’S VALENTINE STAKES; SOLID FIELD OF 11 FILLIES & MARES SET TO GO ONE MILE ON TURF RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED FILLIES & MARES ARCADIA,...