Trainer Simon Callaghan’s journey to Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with Sunland Park Derby winner Firing Line has been almost 20 years in the making, a circuitous route that began in his hometown of Newmarket, England, with stops on the East Coast and California.
Two trainers of Kentucky Derby hopefuls took a timeout from talking about the classic to offer brief updates on how the champion fillies under their care are doing.
There’s this myth that abounds suggesting that great things can occur once there is a level playing field. There does need to be a level playing field in this sport and that field should be of human ideas and the ability to advance our industry in a positive way.
Z Rockstar will be cutting back to one turn Tuesday to defend his title in the $55,000 TRAO Classic Sprint at Will Rogers Downs, and when last seen at the race’s six-furlong distance he defeated a field that included multiple stakes winners Unbridled’s Note and Gentlemen’s Bet.
Awesome Sky looked like a horse to watch in 2013 when, as a maiden, he finished third in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club. However, the hinted form was delayed in materializing. A switch to turf proved key for the gelding, who, some 17 months later, again looks like a horse to watch in the $52,000 allowance feature Wednesday on the Churchill Downs lawn.
The Tampa Bay Downs community lost one of its most respected members last week when former trainer John Reading died at age 99.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Harrington, Philadelphia, Yonkers and others.
The last four days of racing of the winter portion of the 2014-15 meeting at Tampa Bay Downs are coming up, and there’s still lots of interest in the trainer and jockey standings, but for altogether different reasons.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Kentucky Derby Angles features DRF handicappers looking at individual handicapping factors and how they may play out in this year’s Kentucky Derby.
