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 Grade 3, $300,000 Sycamore Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Friday, October 11, 2024. The eleven entrants will travel 1 1/2 miles on the turf course and 3-1 morning line favorite Bold Act won this race in 2023 and will try to work out a trip from the outside post under […]
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 The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, March 30, and I have included Florida Derby 2024 picks below. The Grade 1 event for 3-year-olds has a $1 million purse and the eleven entrants will be journeying 1 1/8 miles on the main track. The Florida Derby is […]
By Jarrod Horak The Louisiana Derby and Jeff Ruby Steaks were the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points races on Saturday, March 23. In this article, I will look back at those events and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The Grade 1 Florida Derby, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, and Grade 2 UAE […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 was idle last weekend, and things really pick up steam with the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds and the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park on March 23. The winners of those races will pick up 100 Derby points, and 50 points […]
By Jarrod Horak The Tampa Bay Derby was the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points race at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, March 9. In this article, I will look back at that event and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. There are no points races on the docket for March 16, and […]
By Jarrod Horak The Fountain of Youth, Gotham, John Battaglia Memorial, and San Felipe were the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points races. In this Derby report, I will look back at those March 2 events and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The next points race on the docket is the Grade […]
