There are 24 rather valid reasons why anyone interested in betting on the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve should pay close attention to the Xpressbet.com Florida Derby this afternoon at Gulfstream Park. Rather than list them one by one, let’s just say they are the two dozen horses who have raced in the Florida…
All eyes watching the Road to the Kentucky Derby will be focused on the the $1 million, Grade 1 Xpressbet.com Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Run at 1 1/8 miles , the Florida Derby features a competitive group of 3-year-old runners in a race that has serious Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve…
Photo: Dubai Racing Club With only Dubai World Cup night remaining in the 2018-2019 Meydan meeting, I’m taking a close look at local runners in Saturday’s $12 million feature, hoping to provide some perspective for an American audience that may be tuning into UAE racing for the first time this season.Before getting…
Horse racing is a sport that carries with it a lot of pride. Winning the Kentucky Derby, for example, is considered the ultimate dream for American horse owners. Starting this year, the race is worth $3 million, but that is not even close to cracking the top five when it comes to the world’s most…
Photo: Courtesy of the NYRA In recent years, the Florida Derby (G1) has served as an especially strong last prep for Kentucky Derby hopefuls, as 2016 and 2017 saw Nyquist and Always Dreaming, respectively, sweeping both races. They followed Orb in 2013 and Big Brown in 2008. Before digging deeper into this year’s…
Attention, racing fans! Be sure to wake up early on Saturday, March 30, and turn your focus to Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, where the Thoroughbred races on the action-packed Dubai World Cup card will be getting underway at 8:15 a.m. Eastern. One of the most noteworthy races of the morning (or evening if you’re in…
Welcome to Horse Racing Nation’s Kentucky Derby Daily, which will each day leading up to the May 4 race at Churchill Downs detail all the news and notes related to contenders in one convenient space. Shug McGaughey had heads turning earlier this month at Gulfstream Park when his 9-1 shot Code of Honor caught the much-hyped…
Photo: Leslie Martin/Gulfstream Park Arindel’s multiple stakes-winning homebred Cookie Dough, overlooked making her first start in 22 weeks last month, figures to garner plenty of attention as she goes after her first career graded triumph over her home course in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks. The 49th running of the…
Though the desert might seem an unlikely place for top-tier Thoroughbred racing, it is in fact where global racing stars convene each spring to compete for millions of dollars in purses at the Dubai World Cup. Dubai World Cup day is hosted at Meydan Racecourse and headlined by the Dubai World Cup race itself, annually…
FORT PIERRE, S.D. – For the first time in 70 years, there will be no horse races in Fort Pierre. Fort Pierre Race Track Manager Shane Kramme said the Verendrye Benovolent Association has decided not to host races in 2019 due to the lack of funding and several other considerations. Kramme said it was…
