Revelers will be wearing the green Tuesday, but horseplayers just hope to be holding the green. A rare Tuesday of racing is being held at Gulfstream Park on the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day, with a $35,000 starter-allowance anchoring a rather modest 10-race card.
Mary Rampellini ranks the top 3-year-old males and fillies pointing to races at Oaklawn.
American Pharoah, who races for his breeder, Zayat Stables, and is trained by Bob Baffert, is the son of another standout for the same connections – WinStar Farm stallion Pioneerof the Nile. According to Daily Racing Form's SirePowered Results, the young sire has been represented by eight individual winners thus far in 2015.
Speed means nothing in this sport if it can’t be combined with stamina. When trainer Paul Blumenfeld first sat behind the three-year-old Sapphire City after his owners had purchased the Pennsylvania-bred gelding in 2011, he knew he had a fast horse.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Dover, Meadows, Yonkers and others.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Brad Free's Horses to Watch for March 16
Handicapper Brad Free ranks the top 3-year-old males and fillies pointing to races at Santa Anita.
Steven Wells accomplished the improbable in the Santa Anita Betting Challenge, riding a relatively low first day score all the way to victory in the two-day event.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 3/16 card at Yonkers Raceway.
