Penn National will host the biggest night in its 40-year history on June 1, anchored by the $500,000 Penn Mile and supported by five other stakes with total purses of $570,000, a $1 million night.
Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which this week includes stakes races for Friday and Saturday - i.e. Kentucky Oaks Day and Kentucky Derby Day.
As for those horses that trailed Orb in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, they had differing degrees of luck and misfortune. Here’s a look at the most notable ones,
Countdown to the Crown is Jeremy Plonk's weekly comprehensive handicapper’s scouting report of the 3-year-old scene. This week, let’s stack up the Derby 139 cast and see if their famous forerunners can help us see into their futures.
Breeze-Figs Quick-Pix for Saturday, May 4th by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore.
In Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, there is a colt whose most recent speed figure towers over his rivals’ and whose running style ought to give him a significant tactical advantage. I’m not going to be distracted by any handicapping subtleties. I’m betting on Goldencents.
Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which includes graded stakes from the previous weekend. This edition features final, 20-point Kentucky Derby prep, the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs, among others.
Breeze-Figs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 27th by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore.
Breeze-Figs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 27th by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore.
My task on Thursday was going through the Kentucky Derby prospects and assigning them into five running-style categories in an effort to get a feel for the pace of Derby.
