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 The Grade 1 Travers Stakes field will be drawn on Sunday, August 18, and the race will be run at a mile and a quarter at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 24. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-18-24): 8 horse field likely Travers Hopefuls Running Styles Early-pressing: Batten Down, Dornoch, Fierceness, Thorpedo […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 24. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Travers news. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-8-24): Batten Down, Corporate Power, Dornoch, Fierceness, Honor Marie, Muth, Seize the Grey, Sierra Leone, Thorpedo Anna, Unmatched Wisdom Batten Down (Tapit – […]
By Jarrod Horak Resilience was the lone Belmont Stakes 2024 hopeful to work on Sunday, and he completed his final quarter in 22 and change in an impressive move. He won the Wood Memorial (G2) in April and raced wide from post 18 and ended up sixth in the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday […]
By Jarrod Horak The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 8, and the distance has been shortened to a mile and a quarter this year. Belmont Park is the home of the final leg of the Triple Crown and it is traditionally run at a mile and a half. Due […]
By Jarrod Horak This Kentucky Derby 2024 video features the latest Derby workouts for Saturday, April 27. The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. Horses, jockeys, and trainers discussed in this video: Encino, Catching Freedom, Brad Cox, Flavien Prat, Axel Concepcion, Sierra Leone, Domestic Product, Zandon, Chad Brown, Dornoch, Society […]
By Jarrod Horak The field is set for Kentucky Derby 2024. A full field of 20 plus two also-eligibles passed the entry box and Fierceness is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The Kentucky Derby is the 12th race at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4, 2024, and the scheduled post time is 6:57 PM (EDT).
2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Dornoch Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 8 75 $323,136 Danny Gargan _______________________________________________________________________________ Dornoch’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 3/2/2024 Track: Gulfstream Park Race #: 14 Distance: 8.5 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Danny Gargan Jockey: Luis Saez […]
2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Society Man Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 16 50 $131,000 Danny Gargan _______________________________________________________________________________ Society Man’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 4/6/2024 Track: Aqueduct Race #: 10 Distance: 9 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Danny Gargan Jockey: Luis […]
By Jarrod Horak All of the points races have been run and the Kentucky Derby 2024 contenders are gathering under the Twin Spires for final workouts and preparations. In this article, I will catch up with the latest Derby news and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. Deterministic is out of the race. Christophe […]
