Weekend Recap: Flexibility Enters the Spotlight

© Benoit Photo Last Saturday was the kind of racing day that I always enjoy. Being that it was the first weekend of January, it wasn’t as if the racing action was particularly significant at the championship level–no grade I races were run, and no soon-to-be-crowned Eclipse … Continued

Weekend Recap Part 2: Mor Spirit Romps in Los Alamitos Futurity

© Benoit Photo Welcome to Part 2 of my weekend recap analyzing the results of the racing action on December 19th and 20th. Part 1, which can be read here, recapped the results of the many maiden and allowance races for … Continued

Weekend Recap Part 1: Did the Derby Winner Run This Week?

Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand With less than two weeks remaining in the year, a remarkable number of two-year-old races were held last weekend, including the Los Alamitos Futurity (gr. I). We’ll recap that race in Part 2 of this weekend recap and focus … Continued

Workout Report 12-19-15: Nyquist, California Chrome Highlight Busy Morning

Benoit Photo © As is typical of Saturday morning, the work tabs at racetracks across the country were filled with the names of prominent stakes winners and Derby contenders gearing up for future races. First and foremost was 2014 Horse of the … Continued

Prospectus Faces Winners in Gulfstream Allowance Race

Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Susie Raisher Todd Pletcher’s promising colt Prospectus, who broke his maiden sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs at Gulfstream Park West last month, is among eleven runners that have been entered to race in a six-furlong allowance optional claiming race on Saturday … Continued

Zulu Stamps Derby Credentials With Gulfstream Maiden Win

On the first day of the Gulfstream Park winter meet, trainer Todd Pletcher sent out the promising two-year-old Zulu to score a convincing win in a six-furlong maiden special weight, an impressive performance that quickly stamped Zulu as a potential Derby contender. … Continued

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