Tales From the Crib

Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Thorpedo Anna is the nation's leading three-year-old filly, but she's skipping Saturday's $500,000 Alabama (G1) at Saratoga in favor of a run against colts in the $1.25 million Travers (G1) one week later.

A compact field of six will traveled 1 1/4 miles over the Colonial Downs turf in Sunday’s $1 million Arlington Million S. (G1).

Long contested at Arlington Park in Illinois, the historic $1 million Arlington Million (G1) will enjoy its second running at Colonial Downs in Virginia this Sunday.

Japan’s Forever Young, who was narrowly denied by two noses in the Kentucky Derby (G1), is expected to return stateside for the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar.

An excellent 12-horse field has turned out for Saturday's $1 million Whitney (G1) at Saratoga. Let's review the field in horse-by-horse fashion:

A full field of 12 will go nine furlongs on the famed Saratoga in Saturday’s historic $1 million Whitney S. (G1).

The West Virginia Derby (G3) is arguably the most important race contested at Mountaineer each year.

A late-blooming cast of nine sophomores will go postward in Sunday’s lucrative $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer Park.

Fierceness, 15th as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1) when last seen on the first Saturday in May, partially eased the disappointment of that finish on Saturday with a strong comeback win over Derby runner-up Sierra Leone in the $500,000 Jim Dandy...

Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga will help to clarify the contenders for the Aug. 24 Travers (G1).