The comeback victory by the Bob Baffert-trained American Pharoah in the Rebel Stakes last Saturday caused Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form’s national handicapper, to make him the favorite for the May 2 Kentucky Derby at 5-1.
Firing Line has dropped two straight tight finishes to Dortmund, one of the Kentucky Derby favorites. This Sunday, Firing Line aims to play the heavy. He is heading to Sunland Park for the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby, in which he will be the favorite this time.
Shared Belief, the impressive winner of the Santa Anita Handicap on March 7, has resumed serious training for a spring campaign without a defined goal, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Wednesday.
The Argentine Grade 1 stakes winner Galicado will miss a start in the $2 million United Arab Emirates Derby in Dubai on March 28 because of illness, trainer Ron McAnally said Wednesday.
Weewinnin seldom strings many races together.
With the mixed feelings of a man about to plunge into the dark unknown, Art Sherman bade a temporary farewell to California Chrome on Tuesday morning at Los Alamitos while keeping clear of the crew loading the 2014 Horse of the Year onto a van parked in a remote corner of the stables.
On Saturday, Rodney Prescott will be riding Royal Son in the Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway, giving him an opportunity to fill a hole in his racing résumé.
Golden Years, a two-time stakes winner and one of the top 3-year-olds based in Maryland, has been injured, according to his trainer, Rodney Jenkins.
The three finalists for the ninth annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award have been announced, with the winner to be revealed April 15.
The Maryland Racing Commission denied trainer Scott Lake’s appeal of a 120-day suspension stemming from two positive tests he had at Laurel Park in December for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.
