Category

By Jennifer Hoyt —- LAST SAMURAI GOES FOR SECOND STRAIGHT IN ESSEX HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 17, 2023) – Although Last Samurai is a millionaire multiple graded stakes winner, he’s never won consecutive races. He gets another shot, this time as the 5-2 program favorite,...

By Kevin Kilroy—- ● Last year’s winning connections, Joel Politi and Tom Amoss, enter Camp Akeela, as eight 3-year-old fillies enter race named for the “cursed” local sportswriter New Orleans, La (March 9, 2023) – A trio of Oaks-dreaming connections have woken up to the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, March 9, 2023) – It’s a prep that could pass for the main event. Millionaire Grade 1 winners Clairiere and Secret Oath are among eight horses entered in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles...

By David Joseph —- Photo: Janet Garaguso Brown Comfortable with Underdog Role in Fountain of Youth (G2) Trainer Sending Blazing Sevens Against Champion Forte Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 7-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at...

By Ryan Martin Ziaerati seeks breakthrough victory in $200K Busher OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Highly impressive first-out maiden winner Ziaerati will attempt to carry her momentum onto the Road to the Kentucky Oaks when taking on five other sophomore fillies for Saturday’s $200,000...

By Mike Willman —- BAFFERT & D’AMATO SQUARE OFF AS DEFUNDED & NEWGRANGE HEAD FIELD OF 11 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $500,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP AT 1 ¼ MILES 86TH RUNNING OF THE BIG CAP PRESENTED BY YAAMAVA’ RESORT & CASINO ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 26, 2023)—With...

By David Joseph —- Charge It Charges Back for G2 Gulfstream Park Mile HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Whisper Hill Farm LLC’s Charge It, who has produced flashes of brilliance during his six-race career, is scheduled to make a highly anticipated return to action Saturday in the...

By Mike Willman —- FROM BAFFERT TO YAKTEEN, HEJAZI HEADS AN OUTSTANDING FIELD OF 11 DERBY PROSPECTS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES WINNER TO RECEIVE 50 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS ARCADIA, Calif. —One of four Bob Baffert trainees that will be...

By David Joseph —- Forte Strong 7 -5 Favorite for Saturday’s G2 Fountain of Youth Pletcher-trained Champion Tops 10-Horse Field in 2023 Debut Curlin Florida Derby Prep Tops 9 Stakes worth $1.85M HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte is slated to...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Stakes Streak on the Line for Oeuvre in Tuesday’s Mardi Gras Astute looks for a clean trip after falling back early in the Menard New Orleans, La (Feb. 20, 2023) – – With an oversubscribed field of 16 older fillies and mares signed on, Dick Perkins’...