By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Saturday card is complete and I will recap all of the action in three posts. In this report, I will look back at the BC Filly & Mare Sprint, BC Turf Sprint, BC Distaff, and BC Turf. My next article will feature a recap of the BC Classic, and […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity will be run at Keeneland on Saturday, October 5, 2024, and this is Win & You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The eleven entrants will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main track and this is a Kentucky Derby 2025 points race. The Breeders’ Futurity […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $1,250,000 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Eight sophomores will travel 1 1/4 miles on the main track and Dornoch is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The Travers goes as the thirteenth race with a scheduled post time of 6:10 p.m. […]
By Jarrod Horak There is a chance of rain for each of the four days of the Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga. The rain is mostly scattered and the forecast for Saturday is mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. If the track is wet, which horses will handle the footing? Seize the Grey […]
By Jarrod Horak Which horses will like the slop in Preakness 2024, and which runners will hate the footing and finish up the track? Today’s Racing Digest has the second jewel of the Triple Crown covered. Check out the Preakness Stakes wet track video below.
By Jarrod Horak Thorpedo Anna was on her toes and ready to roll in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Friday, May 3. She earned quality Today’s Racing Digest Performance Ratings in the Grade 2 Fantasy Stakes on March 30 and was better than her rivals on Friday. The track was sloppy and […]
2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Mystik Dan Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 17 46 $230,825 Kenneth McPeek _______________________________________________________________________________ Mystik Dan’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 2/3/2024 Track: Oaklawn Park Race #: 11 Distance: 8.5 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Kenneth McPeek Jockey: […]
2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Common Defense Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 20 37 $416,000 Kenneth McPeek _______________________________________________________________________________ Common Defense’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 2/24/2024 Track: Oaklawn Park Race #: 11 Distance: 8.5 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Kenneth McPeek Jockey: […]
