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Silks Run Stakes attracts top turf sprinters
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saturday’s $75,000 Silks Run Stakes will feature a rematch between two of the top turf sprinters in the area, Power Alert and Amelia’s Wild Ride. The pair finished first and second, a neck apart, in the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint on Feb. 6.Most...
Pursuing Fate brings sharp form and love for track
Pursuing Fate is part of the year-round string maintained in south Florida by trainer Mike Maker – and for good reason. The Florida-bred filly not only can earn more purse money than she would elsewhere by virtue of statebred supplements, but she also happens to do her best work over the G...
Brown might start three in Wood Memorial at Aqueduct
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – There’s a good chance that Shagaf won’t be trainer Chad Brown’s only starter in the Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 9. While Shagaf punched his ticket to the Wood Memorial by virtue of his victory in Saturday&rsquo...
Awesome Gent scores with authority in Jimmy Winkfield
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Sudden Surprise was the best New York-bred 2-year-old sprinter in 2015. Now, he may not even be the best New York-bred 3-year-old sprinter in his own barn. Awesome Gent, a Todd Pletcher-trained stablemate of Sudden Surprise, galloped to a smart-looking four-length victory in Sunda...
Mo money, Mohaymen could be mo problems
Now that Mohaymen has shattered the illusion that there is a 3-year-old in the East who can do anything about him, it has come time to spend the next month in fervid anticipation of his first true test against divisional champ Nyquist in the Florida Derby. Sure, these next four weeks will be a chall...
Lady Eli works for first time since recovering from laminitis
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – The undefeated Lady Eli breezed Monday for the first time since being sidelined with laminitis shortly after her win in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational on July 4. We caught her working three furlongs at Palm Meadows in 39 seconds, with her first furlong in 13 se...
Mohaymen performance better than it first looked
Call it reading between the lines. Call it interpretation. Call it what you will, but it is something handicappers do a thousand times a day. I note this because on the face of it, Mohaymen’s victory Saturday in the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park wouldn’t knock your ...
Pair of Canadians playable in Gulfstream stakes
When it comes to handicapping Canadian horses who are racing in Florida during the winter, I generally discount their chances, viewing them as typically being prepped for their eventual return to Canada in the spring. But on Saturday, I couldn’t get past a couple of Canadians at Gulfstream...
A Beyer in the low 90s wins Risen Star at Fair Grounds
That was a strong Presidents Day weekend for 3-year-olds moving up the Beyer Speed Figure scale. Nyquist could not get a 90 as a 2-year-old. The unbeaten champ blew right past the 90s with a 100 Beyer when he won the San Vicente Stakes in an extremely impressive performance. Suddenbreakingnews came ...
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 18
WHO’S HOT Suddenbreakingnews, who rallied from last to win the Southwest Stakes on Monday, is one of three newcomers to the Derby Watch top 20. He is 20-1 on the Kentucky Derby future line set by Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form’s national handicapper.Also debuting on the list ...
Florida Derby next for Nyquist
ARCADIA, Calif. – Nyquist came out of his victory on Monday in the San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita in good order and will target the Grade 1, $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on April 2 for his final prep for the May 7 Kentucky Derby, trainer Doug O’Neill sa...
Mohaymen favorite after Day 2 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
After the first two days of betting, Mohaymen was a slight favorite over the mutuel field in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.No individual wagering interest has ever been favored over the field in a February pool since Churchill Downs first began offering pari-mutuel futures in 1999. Throu...
Cay Dancer stacks up well against familiar rivals
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The Grade 3 La Prevoyante on Dec. 26 at Gulfstream Park was one of those merry-go-round turf races in which the favorite, Goldy Espony, prevailed on the lead while very little change in position unfolded behind her. Behind the winner, Maximova got a beautiful trip,...
Leigh Court overcomes bad start to win Mardi Gras Stakes
Leigh Court won her first race since October 2014 when she outclassed nine rivals in the $60,000 Mardi Gras Stakes on a special Mardi Gras card Tuesday at Fair Grounds. With three horses drawn to her inside scratched, Leigh Court broke from the rail, and her start was not a good one, a hesitation fo...
Mshawish, Lady Shipman headed to Dubai
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Two horses coming off big performances Saturday at Gulfstream Park, Donn Handicap winner Mshawish and Lady Shipman, who cruised to victory as the odds-on favorite in the Ladies’ Turf Sprint, will be heading to Dubai for their next starts, while it appears that Gulf...
California Chrome sharp work in Dubai
California Chrome worked five furlongs in 59.40 seconds at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Friday, preparing for his first of two starts in that country on Feb. 25.Trainer Art Sherman said at Santa Anita on Saturday that California Chrome galloped out six furlongs in 1:12.40 in his Friday workout. Art...
Frosted tunes up for Dubai World Cup
Frosted romped to victory in the Group 2, $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 on Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, looking like a major contender for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 26.Frosted won the race over 1,900 meters, or about 1 3/16 miles, by five lengths and, off a mo...
NFL Football, Horse Racing have pedigrees in common
Everyone has their favorite, but for my money, the most dramatic – and hilarious – intersection of horse racing and football came on the final turn of the 1996 Preakness Stakes when some liquored-up yahoo in the Pimlico infield launched a spiral in the general direction of the fa...
Untapable has unfinished business in 2016
Say you saw a horse with a six-start campaign who raced in four Grade 1 races, a Grade 2, and a Grade 3, winning one of those Grade 1’s and never finishing worse than third. That would be an absolutely fantastic season, but for Untapable, it felt like a bit of a letdown. In retrospect, per...
Road to the Kentucky Derby analysis: Holy Bull Stakes
Road to the Kentucky Derby analysis of the Grade 2, $350,000 Holy Bull Stakes, 1 1/16 miles, Gulfstream Park, Jan. 30, 2016 (10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points for a win, 4 for second, 2 for third, 1 for fourth).Winner MohaymenTrainer: Kiaran McLaughlinJockey: Junior AlvaradoOwner: Shadwell StableB...
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