Tales From the Crib

An excellent collection of 12 two-year-old prospects will go postward in Saturday’s $300,000 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs.

The 2024-25 Road to the Kentucky Derby begins this Saturday at the same place where it leads: Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby (G1).

The 2024-2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby is set to begin with Saturday’s Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs. That means it’s time to highlight the most promising juveniles we’ve seen so far.

Saturday is the final day of 2024 racing at Colonial Downs.

A strong field of 12 will travel 1 1/8 miles over the Colonial Downs turf in Saturday’s lucrative $500,000 Virginia Derby (G3).

Derma Sotogake, the sixth-placer in the 2023 Kentucky Derby and runner-up in last fall’s Classic, is gearing up for another Breeders’ Cup tilt at Del Mar.

A “Win and You’re In” berth to the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) is up for grabs in Sunday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Saratoga.

A strong and accomplished field of seven will go postward in Sunday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup S. (G1) at Saratoga.

In one of the most spine-tingling finishes in 155 years of Travers (G1) history, Fierceness just held off the fast-closing Thorpedo Anna at Saratoga.

Thorpedo Anna aims to become the first filly in more than a century to win the $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday. But she’ll have to overcome a strong group of males, including Belmont (G1) hero Dornoch, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1)...