Kentucky Derby News
January 2, 2016
Flexibility opens New Year with convincing Jerome victory
Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Flexibility opened his 3-year-old season with a stylish 4 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct, picking up 10 points while dominating the first Kentucky Derby...
January 2, 2016
Forever Darling prevails in Santa Ynez
Richard Baltas, Hebert Bloodstock and J K Racing LLC’s Forever Darling bided her time tracking pacesetter Pretty N Cool on the backstretch of Saturday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez S. (G2), then pounced in the lane to grab control of the Road to the...
December 31, 2015
Jerome marks first Kentucky Derby qualifier of New Year
Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome Stakes (G3) for newly-turned 3-year-olds serves as the first Kentucky Derby qualifier of 2016 and will feature a field of nine on the inner track at Aqueduct.
As part of the “Prep Season” in the Road to the...
December 22, 2015
TwinSpires & Churchill Downs to offer Kentucky Derby Betting Challenge
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With the launch of the inaugural TwinSpires.com Kentucky Derby Betting Championships, top handicappers have added incentive to focus upon horse racing’s most famous race.
Kentucky Derby weekend is already a bucket-list item for any sports fan,...
December 20, 2015
Mor Spirit runs down Toews on Ice to take Los Alamitos Futurity
Trainer Bob Baffert had two opportunities to secure a record-setting eighth victory in Saturday’s Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) thanks to Mor Spirit and Toews on Ice.
The conditioner not only got the win but ended up with the exacta in the $350,500...
December 20, 2015
Street Fancy makes her case to join Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Last Saturday saw Street Fancy, a bay daughter by Kentucky Derby (G1) victor Street Sense, upset the Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos by a length.
It wasn’t much of an upset, as the Philip D’Amato trainee was sent off at 6-1, but she still...
December 18, 2015
Baffert will send out top contenders in Los Alamitos Futurity
Saturday’s $350,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) is the final Kentucky Derby qualifier of 2015, awarding points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers, and four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert will send out the two likely favorites,...
December 13, 2015
Street Fancy upsets Starlet
Pretty N Cool looked ready for a return to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s $301,000 Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos but the pacesetting filly faltered in midstretch, leaving the way clear for Street Fancy to come running up the rail for...
December 13, 2015
Street Fancy upsets Starlet
Pretty N Cool looked ready for a return to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s $301,000 Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos but the pacesetting filly faltered in midstretch, leaving the way clear for Street Fancy to come running up the rail for...
December 11, 2015
Los Alamitos seeking next ‘Starlet’
Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet S. (G1) began life as the Hollywood Starlet in 1981 and was run at Hollywood Park through 2013. That track was finally forced to close its doors, and the newly dubbed “Starlet” was moved to Los Alamitos for...