Fresh off a record-setting season, leading sire Tapit will look to add another feather in his cap with his first Kentucky Derby winner, and he has a strong shot to do so in Wood Memorial winner Frosted. The Godolphin color-bearer has classic influences on both sides of the family that place him in good stead moving forward.
Forest Chatter is having a perfect year at Santa Anita.
Despite canceling its entire opening weekend this year due to adverse weather, Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark, posted slight gains in average and total handle for the 2015 meet that closed on Saturday, according to figures distributed by the track.
Churchill Downs on Wednesday unveiled its renovated section for the owners of Kentucky Derby and Oaks horses, a ground-floor section comprising 20 private, open-air, all-inclusive suites between the sixteenth pole and finish line.
An impeccably bred trio with some terrific races on their past performances – but none of them recently – figure to be the favorites in a field of nine fillies and mares when the Grade 3, $100,000 Doubledogdare Stakes is run Friday at Keeneland for the 21st time.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has approved a recommended threshold level for a naturally occurring amino acid that has been found in a supplement believed to be in use illegally on race day, according to the organization.
Trainer Rick Violette said Wednesday that his Kentucky Derby contender, Upstart, continues to progress nicely after having a scheduled breeze canceled last Saturday at Palm Meadows.
The Friday card at Pimlico will get off to an interesting start as the fan favorite Ben’s Cat will make his 9-year-old debut in the second race, a no-conditions, five-furlong turf sprint with a $55,000 purse.
Perhaps this category should be renamed “Who’s Lukewarm” this week, as the only newcomer to the Derby Watch top 20 is rated a 50-1 shot on the Kentucky Derby future line of Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form’s national handicapper.
Winter Wish will return to action in Wednesday’s ninth race at Keeneland. It will be her first start since a fourth-place finish by three lengths in a May 31 maiden race at Belmont Park. The first-, second-, fifth-, seventh-, and ninth-place finishers from that six-furlong turf race came back to win their next starts.
