Fields Coming Together for Stars and Stripes Racing Festival

Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos NYRA Press Release: The fields are coming together for the third annual Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park, which features six graded stakes worth nearly $4 million, anchored by the Grade 1, $1.25 million Belmont … Continued

Noble Bird Targets Suburban Handicap

Noble Bird (right) finishing second in the Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland – Keeneland Photo Churchill Downs Press Release: John C. Oxley’s Noble Bird, sixth in the June 11 Metropolitan Handicap (GI) at Belmont Park, will return to the New … Continued

Casse 2yos Breeze for Saturday Stakes at Churchill

Coady Photography/Keeneland Photo Churchill Downs Press Release: The John C. Oxley-owned and Mark Casse-trained 2-year-olds Classic Empire and Pretty City Dancer, both recent maiden victors at Churchill Downs, put in final serious preparations Saturday morning for their looming stakes debuts in … Continued

Fields Coming Together for Derby Week Stakes Races

Eclipse champion Big Blue Kitten is among the probable starters for the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes (gr. I) at Churchill Downs – Breeders’ Cup Photo © With less than two weeks remaining until the May 6th Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) … Continued

Airoforce Breezes Sharp Five Furlongs at Palm Meadows

Keeneland Photo Airoforce, the exciting Derby contender who will miss the February 13th Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) after coming down with a slight illness, demonstrated on February 6th that he’s back in good shape by breezing five furlongs … Continued

Keeler’s Kentucky Derby Top 10: February 5, 2016

© Benoit Photo 1. Mor Spirit He hasn’t run badly in four starts so far and looked great winning the Los Alamitos Futurity (gr. I) in December, reeling in stablemate Toews On Ice to win by a deceptively easy 1 … Continued

Weekend Recap Part 3: Airoforce, Mohaymen Enhance Derby Credentials

Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos This is the third part of my massive Weekend Recap analyzing the results of the U.S. racing action during Thanksgiving weekend. Today’s recap will focus on the results of the “Stars of Tomorrow” card at Churchill Downs, as … Continued

2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Post Positions

Keeneland Photo A full field of fourteen two-year-olds will contest the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I) on October 30th at Keeneland, including the highly-regarded European shippers Hit It a Bomb and Cymric. Aidan O’Brien, who won the Juvenile Turf in 2011 and … Continued