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The Churchill Downs winner’s circle doubled as a happy film room for trainer Rohan Crichton and jockey Javier Castellano—both smiling—as they relived Macho Music ‘s May 3 wire-to-wire win in the $539,500 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2). Castellano said the key was the first quarter where his plan was to get the lead unless another horse…

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, a six-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, has narrowed his squad of Thoroughbreds for the May 3 Run for the Roses from three to two. Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Rodriguez  and reigning champion 2-year-old male Citizen Bull  remain pointed to the 1 1/4-mile first leg of the Triple Crown, but not Madaket Road ,…

The final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set to make its three-day run April 3-5, where Santa Anita Derby (G1) contender Journalism  was tabbed as the 4-1 favorite in the field of 39 individual horses, plus a 40th option for “All Other 3-Year-Olds” not listed. Unlike the first five Kentucky Derby Future…

Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead at the Belmont Oaks Invitational at Saratoga and the Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Source link

Image: Bradley Photos Read what each of the jockeys said about their rides in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Tuesday 1st April. Damian Lane (Treasurethe Moment): “She’s very uncomplicated. She went to the barriers well and she has trained on her Sydney leg. The race worked out well. She didn’t love the heavy…

The William Haggas-trained Dubai Honour  preserved his unblemished record in Sydney group 1 races when he added the April 2 Tancred Stakes (G1) at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse to his back-to-back 2023 triumphs in the Ranvet Stakes (G1) and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1).   With nine of the 11 runners bred in the Northern Hemisphere, this…