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Prevue offers ramp to Road to Derby
Saturday night's $125,000 Turfway Prevue, for 3-year-olds sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs, is not technically part of the local Kentucky Derby prep series, but it is a preview of things to come.
Nicole RussoJan 01, 2026
Saturday night's $125,000 Turfway Prevue, for 3-year-olds sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs, is not technically part of the local Kentucky Derby prep series, but it is a preview of things to come.
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Beginning January 11 the mile oval will add four consecutive Sundays to the schedule, giving their patrons not only an extra day to get their action, but a different look as well.
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With dual classic winner Sovereignty, a lock to earn a divisional Eclipse Award and a strong candidate to be named Horse of the Year, leading the way, his sire, Into Mischief, continued his streak as the nation's top stallion and his owner-breeder, Godolphin, looks to continue its own streak of awards, as well.
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Dazzling Dame, a two-time stakes winner in the Mid-Atlantic region, takes her talents to Aqueduct for Saturday's $150,000 Busanda Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. The Busanda, run at 1 1/8 miles since 2018 – and around two turns on the now defunct inner track before that – is now run as a one-turn mile. It was moved up on the calendar by about two weeks but offers 42 qualifying points (20-10-6-4-2) to the May 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
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Universe will be looking to add to his Kentucky Derby credentials, while Rancho Santa Fe, Oscar's Hope, Strategic Risk, and Sleepingonfreedom will be looking to start establishing theirs when the leading contenders meet in the $250,000 Smarty Jones on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.
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Balboa ran into a couple of potential heavyweights when he finished third behind Paladin and Renegade in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes here last month. A drop in class is in the offing Saturday at Aqueduct when Balboa gets back in the ring in the $150,000 Jerome Stakes.
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Karis Teetan extended a deepening affinity with the HK$4.2 million G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Thursday (1 January) when the Mauritian pocketed his fourth victory in the race by piloting David Hayes-trained Storm Rider to a thrilling victory.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Trainer George Weaver said he considered entering his impressive debut maiden winner Epic Summer in Friday's entry-level allowance race going seven furlongs, as several of his colleagues opted to do, rather than wait another 24 hours for Saturday's $175,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes on the Gulfstream Park dirt.
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Irad Ortiz Jr. and Flavien Prat became the first two jockeys to surpass the $40 million mark in purse earnings for a single year in 2025, but it was Ortiz finishing as the year-end leader by the slimmest of margins.