Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Lookin at Lee winning the Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes – Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Christy Hamilton can’t wait to find out what is in store for the 2-year-olds she’ll have in her barn this summer at Ellis Park. Hamilton … Continued
Lookin at Lee, runner-up in the 2017 Kentucky Derby, winning the 2016 Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes – Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Ellis Park begins its 95th racing season Saturday, and expectations are to surpass last year’s well-received meet that … Continued
Denman’s Call winning the Triple Bend Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita – © Benoit Photo Although the 2017 edition of the $1.2 million Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) at Belmont Park hasn’t drawn as deep a field as a few … Continued
Keeler Johnson believes that Florida Fabulous can post an upset in the Acorn Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park.
Shaman Ghost winning the 2016 Brooklyn Invitational (gr. II) at Belmont Park – Coglianese Photos/Nikki Sherman Quick quiz–how many horses in racing history have won the Queen’s Plate Stakes, Brooklyn Invitational (gr. II), Woodward Stakes (gr. I), Santa Anita Handicap (gr. … Continued
The May 13th race card at Belmont Park is an excellent one highlighted by a quartet of graded stakes races, including the $400,000 Man o’ War Stakes (gr. I), which looks like an intrigued race to handicap. The scratches of Highland … Continued
J. Keeler Johnson believes that defending winner Divisidero will be tough to deny in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs.
Stellar Wind arriving at Oaklawn Park – Coady Photography As the 2017 Oaklawn Park meet approaches its climax, a planeload of talented California-based horses arrived at Oaklawn on April 11th with plans to compete in the track’s upcoming graded stakes races. Leading the way … Continued
© Benoit Photo By Ed Golden, Santa Anita Publicity Dortmund, the 2015 Santa Anita Derby winner who finished third to eventual Triple Crown champion American Pharoah in that year’s Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Preakness Stakes, has been retired, trainer … Continued
Paulassilverlining winning the 2016 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. III) – Photo by Joe Labozzetta/Coglianese Photos/NYRA One of the highlights of the April 8th card at Keeneland is the $300,000 Madison Stakes (gr. I), a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares. The … Continued