By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $650,000 Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes is the 9th race at Keeneland on Friday, April 11. Nine runners were entered in this flat mile turf event and Carl Spackler is the 9-5 morning line favorite. Maker’s Mark Mile Analysis Integration won the Grade 3 Virginia Derby and Grade 2 Hill […]
By Jarrod Horak The $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes is the 7th race at Oaklawn on Sunday, March 30. Eight sophomores were entered in this non-graded event at one mile on the main track, and Gaming is the morning line favorite. Hot Springs Analysis Clever Again missed by a head in his debut at 4 1/2 […]
Four year old filly for Richie Baltas made her 5th career start on Saturday, but first in California, in a maiden special weight at ¾ on the turf for older female runners. Off at 6/1 in a field of 10, she broke OK under Jose Ortiz and was 5th down the back side, just four […]
By Jarrod Horak I am recapping the Breeders’ Cup Saturday 2024 action in three posts. In my first report, I looked back at the BC Filly & Mare Sprint, BC Turf Sprint, BC Distaff, and BC Turf. My second article featured a recap of the BC Classic, and I will recap the final four BC […]
By Jarrod Horak The $200,000 Myrtlewood Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Friday, October 25, 2024. A dozen 2-year-old fillies will dash six furlongs on the main track and Trust Fund Philly is the 3-1 morning line favorite. The Myrtlewood goes as the eighth race on Friday with a scheduled post time of 4:44 p.m. EDT. […]
By Jarrod Horak This Kentucky Derby 2024 video features the latest Derby news for Friday, April 26. The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. Horses, jockeys, and trainers discussed in this video: Frankie Dettori, Society Man, Jose Ortiz, Catalytic, Forever Young, Honor Marie, Whitworth Beckman, Endlessly, Fierceness, Epic Ride, Uncle […]
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 […]
Dornoch edges Sierra Leone in 2023 Remsen Stakes (Joe Labozzetta Photo) By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, March 2, and I have included Fountain of Youth Stakes 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-olds has a $400,000 purse and the nine entrants will be […]
By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf was first run at Monmouth Park in 2007, 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 Turf Results Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Victoria […]
By Jarrod Horak This is my first of three stakes recaps for the final week of the 2023 Saratoga summer meet. Bill Mott won a pair of juvenile stakes to begin the week, and Chad Brown’s exciting sophomore turf star Carl Spackler (IRE) picked up his second graded stakes win of the summer in the […]
