Horse Racing

Here it is! My annual Kentucky Derby preview that talks about all 20 horses in the field When the gates open at 3:57 p.m. PDT tomorrow at Churchill Downs for the running of the 148th Kentucky Derby, it might... Read More...

At just after 2:51 p.m. PDT today (May 6), the 14 best 3-year-old fillies will take to the track for the Kentucky Oaks, the premier race of the year for fillies. And as is always the case for races such as t... Read More...

For all intents and purposes, this is the last weekend in the Kentucky Derby prep world. Saturday brings the final three 170-point races of the season with the running of the Wood Memorial, Blue Grass, and t... Read More...

It is the first of two monster Kentucky Derby prep race weekends this Saturday. There are three preps Saturday, all worth 170 points in Derby qualifying points as each race will be scored on a 100-40-20-10 s... Read More...

A field of 12 is set to go to post Saturday in the running of the Tampa Bay Derby. The Kentucky Derby prep race is the 11th on the Tampa Bay Downs card and is set for a 2:23 PDT post. The 1-1/16-mile race... Read More...

As we move into the beginning of the 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Derby Prep races, the fields figure to get stronger by the week. Such is the case with the running of the Risen Star at the Fair Grounds on Saturday. ... Read More...

With the running of the Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs and the El Camino Real at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday, February 12, we bring to and end the running of the first wave of 2022 Kentucky Derby prep races... Read More...

Three Kentucky Derby prep races take place this weekend, bringing some highly thought of 3-year-olds taking center stage. There is two Saturday – the Holy Bull (Gulfstream) and the Withers (Aqueduct) – with ... Read More...

Welcome to the 2022 Kentucky Derby notebook! Each week leading into, as well as following a weekend of Kentucky Derby Prep races, I will be putting out a notebook that takes a quick look back at the previous... Read More...