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.
Saturday is a day, and night, for milers. There are four Grade 3 stakes on the schedule, and all of them will be run at the distance of one mile.
Call it a surprise if Mel's Game does not win his fourth straight by dominating the $125,000 Tinzow Stakes on Saturday at Hollywood Park.
Michael Hammersly's A's, B's, and C's for the Golden Gate pick four for April 27, 2013.
A week out, the Kentucky Derby field is just about set. And I find myself not at all set. I need a horse.
Pimlico is going to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown with a number of events and appearances by the living members of the Meadow Stable team at next month’s Black-Eyed Susan and Preakness stakes.
Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which includes graded stakes from the previous weekend, this edition including the Lexington Stakes, Charles Town Classic, and Illinois Derby.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 20th.
One merely needs to watch the replay of River Rocks’s last race March 17 at Gulfstream Park to view him as a live longshot at 12-1 in the Coolmore Lexington Stakes.
The major Kentucky Derby preps might be over, but that doesn’t mean the 3-year-olds have temporarily conceded the spotlight. Two of Saturday’s biggest races, the Grade 3, $750,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne and the Grade 3, $200,000 Coolmore Lexington at Keeneland, are for 3-year-olds.
