Red-hot trainer John Sadler captured the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. I) with front-running upsetter Line of David at Oaklawn Park April 10, just a week after Sadler took the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) with Sidney’s Candy. Line of David was making his stakes and natural dirt debut in the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas Derby […]
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[ Read More ]American Lion ran the race his connections have been waiting for all season April 3, taking the field in the $500,000 Illinois Derby (gr. III) all the way around the Hawthorne Race Course oval to score by 2 3/4 lengths and earn himself a trip to the May 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands […]
[ Read More ]Peppers Pride, who holds the modern-day American record for consecutive wins, was bred March 27 to WinStar stallion Distorted Humor . She is boarded for owner Joe Allen at the Taylor family’s Taylor Made Farm near Nicholasville, Ky. Peppers Pride was bred last year for the first time to Tiznow , but lost the foal. […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer, who ran a solid third in the $750,000 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) March 27 at Fair Grounds but is likely still short on graded earnings to get into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), could take one more shot at getting to the Big Dance. WinStar racing manager Elliott […]
[ Read More ]Facing winners for the first time, WinStar Farm’s Endorsement shipped to Sunland Park and Casino from Louisiana and handed Triple Crown contender Conveyance his first defeat in the $800,000 Sunland Derby (gr. III) in New Mexico March 28. In its first year as a graded stakes, the Sunland Derby produced quite a surprise in the […]
[ Read More ]Trainer Nick Zito knew Ice Box was a much better horse than his fifth-place finish in the Fountain of Youth indicated. He proved that point Saturday at Gulfstream Park when Ice Box rallied from last and outfinished fellow longshot Pleasant Prince by a nose to capture the $750,000 Florida Derby and in the process earn […]
[ Read More ]Trainer Todd Pletcher showed off the strength of his Kentucky Derby hand in the days leading up to Saturday’s $750,000 Florida Derby when he reshuffled the deck and withdrew one of his aces yet still had another left to play in the marquee event of the Gulfstream Park meeting. The Grade 1 Florida Derby highlights […]
[ Read More ]At the quarter pole, Odysseus appeared to have no chance to win Saturday’s $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby. Even at the wire, it looked like his frantic final surge had fallen short of catching Schoolyard Dreams. But the photo finish camera indicated otherwise with Odysseus eeking out a nose victory. Odysseus, a son of Malibu Moon […]
[ Read More ]Todd Pletcher may be saving his best for last. The four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer, who has already dominated 3-year-old stakes action in 2010, has waited nearly two and a half months to unleash another one of his top guns. WinStar Farm’s Super Saver, romping winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) in his […]
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