Correll’s Corner

By Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Audible; Eclipse Sportswire Photo (Note: You can catch Ron live Saturday morning at 9 a.m. on 1450am or on the web at: https://tunein.com/radio/Sports-Radio-1450-s28790/) The 144th Kentucky Derby on May 5 at Churchill Downs...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- (NOTE: Senior Columnist Ron Correll will be live tomorrow April 16th on TVG with host Rich Perloff discussing Kentucky Derby contenders and pretenders; tune in 12:30 Eastern, 11:30 Central.) Magnum Moon lived up to expectations...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The big point’s winners on April 7 were Vino Rosso in the Wood Memorial; Good Magic in the Blue Grass; and Justify in the Santa Anita Derby. Each picked up 100 points and is squarely in the Kentucky Derby field on the first...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Mendelssohn; Mathea Kelley/Dubai Racing Club Photo Wow! That’s all I can say after Mendelssohn won the UAE Derby on March 31 at Meydan in Dubai by 18 lengths and in track record time of 1:55.18 for the mile-and-three-sixteenths...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Noble Indy proved one thing in winning the Louisiana Derby on March 24 at Fair Grounds in New Orleans and that is he can run fast early and still hang on at the finish. The son of Take Charge Indy got into a speed duel with 99-1...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Magnum Moon; Coady Photography Magnum Moon, a son of Malibu Moon, put trainer Todd Pletcher squarely on the Kentucky Derby trail with a powerful win in the Grade 2 Rebel on March 17 at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas. The colt stalked...