Four weeks and six days after I’ll Have Another won the 2012 Kentucky Derby at odds of 15-1, his date with Triple Crown destiny came to an abrupt end when the horse, who also won the Preakness, had to be scratched from the Belmont Stakes due to a career-ending tendon injury.
Doug O’Neill, the trainer of I’ll Have Another, remembers calling Paul Reddam to convey the news.
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Chief Wallabee, in blinkers, had a super workout over the Churchill Downs main track on Monday which created a lot of buzz and in turn prompted Daily Racing Form’s David Aragona to lower the Florida Derby third-place finisher to 8-1 from 10-1 on his pre-draw morning-line.
The Puma, the Tampa Bay Derby winner and Florida Derby runner-up, was raised to 10-1 from 8-1. The Puma had his strongest move in a while last weekend at Gulfstream Park prior to shipping to Churchill.
Pavlovian
Pavel – Mandy’s Grace, by Bellamy Road
Bred in California by Reddam Racing
J. Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O’Neill have teamed to win the Kentucky Derby twice, in 2012 with I’ll Have Another and 2016 with Nyquist. Their hopeful this year is California-bred homebred Pavlovian, whose sire and dam were both trained by O’Neill for Reddam.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Run With Liberty, an ordinary-looking filly who delivered an extraordinary debut, returns Friday at Santa Anita. She paid $30 to win first out, but there are no secrets Friday.
One month after a visually impressive turf-mile debut, Run With Liberty is favored in race 5, a turf mile for 3-year-old fillies that is the first California-bred allowance on Friday. In race 8, Letmein and The G M sprint six furlongs on dirt.
The Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals wrap up their three-game series at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday, April 23, with both clubs desperate for a win heading into the back half of April.
There’s no chance Just Basking runs as well Friday in the Bewitch Stakes as Burnham Square did last Saturday winning the Elkhorn, but even, say 85 percent of that performance level would give trainer Ian Wilkes a sweep of the two 1 1/2-mile turf stakes at the Keeneland spring meeting.
Burnham Square delivered a mighty punch in the Elkhorn, winning by more than nine lengths, and Just Basking actually brings some of the same characteristics to the Grade 3, $350,000 Bewitch, which drew nine entrants.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland’s April selected horses of racing age sale is set for Friday evening after the closing-day card of the spring meet. It will be held at the sales pavilion just a stone’s throw from the track, where many of the 37 horses cataloged, as of Tuesday afternoon, have been successful over the past few weeks.
The NBA Playoffs continue tonight, Tuesday, April 21, with a pair of highly anticipated Game 2 matchups. The Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs both look to defend their home courts and secure commanding 2-0 series leads, while the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers fight to steal a road win before heading home. For bettors, Fanatics Sportsbook is sweetening the action with its unique "Up to $1,000 in FanCash Matched Bets" welcome offer.
Some eyebrows might have raised when Runaway Diva was assigned high weight of 123 pounds for Saturday’s $75,000 Mo Green overnight handicap. After all, the well-traveled mare was coming off an average-looking fourth-place finish in the Sandy Bottom Stakes five weeks ago at Colonial Downs and had won just once in her previous 11 starts dating back to September 2024.
