[h=3]Horse Racing | More Chocolate is sweet[/h]Jockey Garrett Gomez rationed the considerable speed of the John Sadler-trained More Chocolate as she charged to a 1¾-length victory in Sunday's $150,000, Grade II La Canada Stakes for 4-year-old fillies at Santa Anita.CJ.com
[h=3]Wise Dan named Horse of the Year[/h]For the majority of the voters who cast their Eclipse Award ballots, there indeed was no horse in North America above Wise Dan. As he did on the track, Morton Fink's homebred gelding strode into rarefied company Saturday night when he was named ...
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[h=3]Will Take Charge wins Oaklawn stakes[/h]Two days after they teamed to capture the Fair Grounds’ Lecomte with Oxbow, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Jon Court were at it again at Oaklawn Park, this time with Will Take Charge taking the $150,000 Smarty Jones on Monday’s holiday card in Hot Springs, Ark.CJ.com
[h=3]New Kentucky Derby points system changes the game[/h]Just as Shanghai Bobby and his fellow Triple Crown contenders will be analyzed to the fullest between now and the first Saturday in May, so too will be the new points system that will determine who breaks from the Kentucky Derby starting gate.
[h=3]Shanghai Bobby the top choice in 2012 Experimental Free Handicap[/h]Shanghai Bobby, the overwhelming choice as 2-year-old champion after winning all five of his starts last year, is the 126-pound high-weight on the 2012 Experimental Free Handicap released Wednesday by The Jockey Club.
[h=3]2013 Triple Crown early nominations total 369[/h]A total of 369 three-year-olds have been made early nominations to the 2013 Triple Crown races, including virtually all of last year's top 2-year-olds currently in training. Horses could be made eligible for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for $600 per horse by midnight Jan. 26. There remains a late nomination deadline ($6,000 per horse) on March 23.CJ.com
[h=3]Horse Racing | Game On Dude on top of his game[/h]Game On Dude, $2.10, with Mike Smith aboard, overpowered an overmatched group of three rivals in successfully defending his title in Sunday’s $200,000, Grade II San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita, winning by 6½ lengths over Clubhouse Ride, while covering 11/8 miles in a rapid 1:47.53. CJ.com
[h=3]Kentucky Derby 139 | Weekly update[/h]Verrazano caught your breath with his sheer brilliance in a 16 1/4-length Gulfstream Park allowance victory at a one-turn mile. He powered through swift early fractions to destroy a nice field.CJ.com
[h=3]Trainers Pletcher, Baffert have big hands in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager[/h]In another sign that East Coast-based Todd Pletcher and his West Coast counterpart Bob Baffert hold the deepest hands on the lead up to the Kentucky Derby, the two trainers combine for 10 of the 23 individual horses making up the Pool 1 field for Churchill Downs’ 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager. CJ.com
[h=3]Trainers Pletcher, Baffert have big hands in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager[/h]In another sign that East Coast-based Todd Pletcher and his West Coast counterpart Bob Baffert hold the deepest hands on the lead up to the Kentucky Derby, the two trainers combine for 10 of the 23 individual horses making up the Pool 1 field for Churchill Downs’ 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.CJ.com
[h=3]Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom out for one more US win[/h]Animal Kingdom achieved immortality on May 7, 2011  forever to be remembered as a Kentucky Derby champion. Team Valor International’s classic winner, though, has some unfinished business before he’s scheduled to begin stallion duty later this year.CJ.com
[h=3]Road to the Kentucky Derby 2013 | Park City on the upswing[/h]Park City ran his record to 2 for 2 by taking a 61/2-furlong Gulfstream Park allowance race by a neck over Declan's Warrior. Being by Harlan's Holiday and out of a Pleasant Colony mare, two-turn racing should not prove a problem.CJ.coom
[h=3]6 Derby preps in NBC's plans[/h]The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group and six racetracks, will provide live coverage of six major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby during the last two Saturdays in March and the first two Saturdays in April, it was announced Tu..CJ.com
For the majority of the voters who cast their Eclipse Award ballots, there indeed was no horse in North America above Wise Dan. As he did on the track, Morton Fink's homebred gelding strode into rarefied company Saturday night when he was named ...
Kentucky can rightly claim its title as the "horse capital," at least of the United States, according to results from the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey. Figures released by the University of Kentucky show that there are 242,400 horses in the state..
In an effort to take some of the mystique out of identifying which of the more than 27,000 foals born in 2010 will prevail, here are some of the traits that have become the new normal on the road to the Kentucky Derby.
