Wed, 03/11/2020 - 17:00

Charlatan entered in two-turn allowance Saturday

Emily Shields
Charlatan will stretch out from six furlongs to a mile in his second career start.

Charlatan, a dazzling debut winner last month at Santa Anita, has been entered in one-mile allowance race on Saturday at Santa Anita.

Charlatan got a Beyer Speed Figure of 105 when winning a sprint on Feb. 16.

Wed, 03/11/2020 - 14:36

Talamo loaded for this week's Oaklawn stakes

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Joe Talamo wins the Grade 3 Honeybee with Shedaresthedevil. His mounts will be well-backed in four Oaklawn stakes this week.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Jockey Joe Talamo vaulted into a tie atop the stakes standings at Oaklawn Park last Saturday when he won both the Honeybee and Hot Springs. He can add to his totals this week, with key mounts in four stakes.

Talamo, 30, rides Remembering Rita in the Temperence Hill on Friday, then on Saturday will be aboard No Parole in the Grade 2 Rebel, Serengeti Empress in the Grade 2 Azeri, and Night Ops in the Essex Handicap.

Wed, 03/11/2020 - 14:06

Kentucky Derby: Three Technique on offense for Parcells in Rebel Stakes

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Three Technique (outside) trains at Oaklawn on Feb. 29. he is scheduled to race in Saturday's Rebel Stakes and then move on to the Arkansas Derby.

Trainer Jeremiah Englehart grew up a fan of the New York Giants football team, which won Super Bowls titles following the 1986 and 1990 seasons, when he was 10 and 14 years old. So imagine Englehart’s excitement when he first met the coach of those teams, Bill Parcells, at Saratoga. Then imagine his excitement when Parcells eventually asked him to train horses for him.

“It’s like training for your boyhood idol,” Englehart said Wednesday.

Now imagine Englehart and Parcells teaming to win racing’s Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby. It’s not a far-fetched scenario.

Wed, 03/11/2020 - 13:16

Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Three Technique

Ronnie Betor
Three Technique is out of the first crop of the beautifully bred stallion Mr Speaker.

Three Technique

Mr Speaker – Nite in Rome, by Harlan’s Holiday

Bred in Kentucky by Omega Farm LLC and Bally Breeders ($50,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase by Spin to Win Stables; $180,000 Fasig-Tipton July yearling purchase by August Dawn Farm)

Wed, 03/11/2020 - 12:00

Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 11, 2020

WHO’S HOT

Mon, 03/09/2020 - 14:35

Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby: San Felipe Stakes analysis

Emily Shields
Authentic led throughout en route to a 2 1/4-length win in Saturday's Grade 2 San Felipe.

Grade 2, $401,000 San Felipe Stakes, 1 1/16 miles, Santa Anita, March 7, 2020
(50 Derby qualifying points for a win, 20 for second, 10 for third, 5 for fourth)
Winner: Authentic, by Into Mischief
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Drayden Van Dyke
Owners: SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Fred Hertrich III, John D. Fielding, and Golconda Stables

Sun, 03/08/2020 - 19:07

Mutuel field favored in third pool of 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager

The mutuel field, the 24th or “all others” option, closed as a lukewarm favorite over Authentic and Tiz the Law after three days of betting into Pool 3 of the 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager. The pool opened Friday at noon Eastern and closed Sunday evening when coinciding with the only futures pool toward the 2020 Kentucky Oaks.

Sun, 03/08/2020 - 14:39

Authentic, Honor A. P. to see rematch in Santa Anita Derby

Emily Shields
Authentic earned 50 points for the Kentucky Derby courtesy of his victory in Saturday's San Felipe Stakes.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Authentic and Honor A. P., the one-two finishers in the San Felipe Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, both emerged from the race well and are scheduled to meet again in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 4, their trainers said Sunday morning here at Santa Anita.

The Santa Anita Derby, which has a purse of $1 million, will be their final prep before the Kentucky Derby on May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Sun, 03/08/2020 - 14:19

King Guillermo will train up to Kentucky Derby

Tom Keyser
King Guillermo earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 99 for his win Saturday in the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby.

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Fourteen of the last 20 winners of the Tampa Bay Derby have run back in the Kentucky Derby. Destin in 2016 was the only one of them not to have a race in between, and he finished sixth behind Nyquist prior to losing a tight photo in the Belmont Stakes.

Trainer Juan Carlos Avila, a relative newcomer to the American racing scene, will be looking to do even better when King Guillermo goes eight weeks without a race. The Uncle Mo colt will train into the May 2 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after posting a runaway victory Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.

Sun, 03/08/2020 - 11:33

Servis unsure about second Kentucky Derby prep for Mischevious Alex

Barbara D. Livingston
Mischevious Alex could run back in the Wood Memorial on April 4 or train up to the Kentucky Derby.

Mischevious Alex came out of his victory in Saturday’s Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct in good order and all options are open for him including potentially training up to the Kentucky Derby on May 2, trainer John Servis said Sunday morning.