By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $600,000 Spinster Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Sunday, October 6, 2024, and this is Win & You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. The six entrants will travel 1 1/18 miles on the main track and Idiomatic is the strong 3-5 morning line favorite. The Grade 1 […]
By Jarrod Horak The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be run in less than two weeks 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 […]
2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Encino Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 18 40 $550,050 Brad Cox _______________________________________________________________________________ Encino’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 4/13/2024 Track: Keeneland Race #: 10 Distance: 8.5 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Brad Cox Jockey: Florent Geroux Track […]
2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Just a Touch Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 7 75 $658,000 Brad Cox _______________________________________________________________________________ Just a Touch’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 4/6/2024 Track: Keeneland Race #: 10 Distance: 9 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Brad Cox […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 continues at Keeneland on Friday, April 5, and I have included Ashland Stakes 2024 picks below. The Grade 1 event for 3-year-old fillies has a $600,000 purse and the eight entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 miles on the main track. The Ashland Stakes is the […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Fair Grounds on Saturday, January 20, and I have included Lecomte Stakes 2024 picks below. The Grade 3 event for 3-year-olds has a $200,000 purse and the eight entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 on the main track. The Lecomte is the 13th race […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Fair Grounds on Saturday, December 23, and I have included Gun Runner Stakes 2023 picks below. The non-graded event for 2-year-olds has a $100,000 purse and the eight entrants will be traveling 1 1/16 miles on the main track. It is the 12th race […]
By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Saturday card is in the books and I will look back at all the action in two articles. In this post, I will review the BC Dirt Mile, Filly & Mare Turf, Filly & Mare Sprint, Mile, and Distaff. Check out my Breeders’ Cup Saturday 2023 recaps below. Breeders’ […]
By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Distaff is one of the original BC races, dating all the way back to Hollywood Park in 1984. The 2023 renewal will be held at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, Nov. 4, and they will be traveling a mile and an eighth on the main track. Recent Breeders’ Cup […]
By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf was first run in 2008 at Santa Anita Park, and the 2023 renewal will be held at the Great Race Place on Friday, Nov. 3. They will be traveling one mile on the turf course. Recent BC Juvenile Fillies Turf Results Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile […]
