Correll’s Corner

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The 150th Belmont Stakes on June 9 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. drew a field of 10 3-year-old colts with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify getting the rail. Trainer Bob Baffert said he wasn’t happy with the draw but...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The 143rd Preakness Stakes on May 19 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., will only have a field of eight 3-year-old colts, with four of them returning from the Kentucky Derby. Justify, the Derby winner, will top the field...

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...