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Horse Profile December 15, 2017

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Catholic Boy

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Catholic Boy
Four races into his career, Catholic Boy looks like he may well have the stamina to be a Kentucky Derby player. The question will be if he has the speed and class.
Catholic Boy stormed onto the Road...

Horse Profile December 15, 2017

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Le Vent Se Leve (JPN)

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Le Vent Se Leve (JPN)
Three outstanding runs as a 2-year-old suggest Le Vent Se Leve has the potential to represent Japan very well in the 2018 Kentucky Derby should he qualify.
Trained by Kiyoshi Hagiwara,...

December 15, 2017

Greyvitos headlines dozen juveniles lining up for Springboard Mile

A dozen juveniles, including the top three from the Clever Trevor Stakes and the winner from the Bob Hope Stakes (G3), have been entered to go eight furlongs in Sunday evening’s $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park.
The contest makes its...

December 13, 2017

5 Fast Facts: Remington Springboard Mile

5 Fast Facts about the Remington Springboard Mile, a new Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race

First staged in 1999, the $400,000 Springboard Mile is the most important 2-year-old race at Remington Park, Oklahoma City. It is one of five stakes races on...

Horse Profile December 13, 2017

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: McKinzie

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: McKinzie
In 2010, a bad draw and a tough trip prevented Lookin At Lucky from doing better than sixth in the Kentucky Derby for his owners Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman.
In 2018, McKinzie could well...

December 13, 2017

Le Vent Se Leve stays perfect in Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Exciting prospect Le Vent Se Leve kept the buzz going in Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki, readily justifying favoritism to stay perfect in three starts. The Kiyoshi Hagiwara trainee banked 10 points on the Japan Road to the Kentucky...

December 12, 2017

Los Alamitos Futurity Review: Controversial disqualification of a fast winner

Solomini proved to be the best horse in the December 9 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1), edging away late by nearly a length in the Kentucky Derby prep race, but did not maintain a straight path in the stretch as he drifted in and repeatedly bumped Instilled...

December 11, 2017

Le Vent Se Leve brings rising star status into Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

The new addition to the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki, rates as the nation’s top race for two-year-olds on dirt. Held over a metric mile (1600 meters), it features arguably Japan’s...

December 10, 2017

Dream Tree joins Road to the Kentucky Oaks

The Bob Baffert-trained Dream Tree joined the Road to the 2018 Kentucky Oaks on Saturday when pulling off for an easy victory in the Starlet Stakes (G1) at Los Alamitos to remain unbeaten in three career starts.
The race was the final points contest of...

December 9, 2017

Dream Tree remains perfect in Starlet triumph

Phoenix Thoroughbred III's Dream Tree bided her time in second under jockey Drayden Van Dyke before asserting her class to post a 3 1/4-length victory in Saturday's $294,000 Starlet Stakes (G1) at Los Alamitos.
The Uncle Mo filly tracked pacesetter...

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