International Star, the winner of the Lecomte and Risen Star stakes, drew the outside post in a field of nine on Wednesday when the field was drawn for Saturday's Grade 2, $750,000 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds.
We haven’t seen White Bliss on the track since November and probably won’t for about another month, but co-owner Tristan Sjoberg announced via Twitter that the rare white standardbred has been approved for stud duty in Sweden and they will test the waters. He also gave an update on the colt's training.
Victories last week by Dubai Sky in the Spiral Stakes and One Lucky Dane in a Santa Anita allowance race vaulted them onto the Derby Watch top 20 along with Mr Z, who is running this Saturday in the Louisiana Derby.
The feature race at Aqueduct on Friday, a second-level optional claimer, is a real head-scratcher and illustrates how many different ways a horse can be eligible for these events.
It is not often when you bet a race, end up cashing the win ticket and a nice exacta, and then come away asking yourself, “What was I thinking?”
On a sunny Wednesday morning at Oaklawn Park, champion Work All Week had his first published work since winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. The Eclipse Award-winning sprinter arrived in Arkansas last Tuesday. He was freshened after the Breeders’ Cup and resumed training earlier this year at an Ocala, Fla., farm, according to trainer Roger Brueggemann.
Download positive ROI trainer statistics for Wednesday's cards at Charles Town, Gulfstream Park, Mountaineer Park, Mahoning Valley Racecourse, Oaklawn Park, Penn National, Tampa Bay Downs, and Turf Paradise. The report features top trainer angles, top trainer/jockey combinations, and profitable betting angles based on a trainer's record in similar situations.
I still like Dortmund to win the Kentucky Derby, but I can make a case for 10 other contenders to be part of the superfecta.
Five horses trained by Kenny Smith at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., have been cleared to run by track stewards after tests on the horses came back clean for high cobalt concentrations, according to the chief steward and Smith.
Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Wednesday's report features races from Charles Town, Gulfstream Park, Mountaineer Park, Mahoning Valley Racecourse, Oaklawn Park, Penn National, Tampa Bay Downs, and Turf Paradise.
