Stakes Recap: Wood Memorial & Gazelle

This is the time of year for new stars to rise in Thoroughbred racing. The final races preparing horses for the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 3 at Churchill Downs are being held around the country, and competition is intense as the best equine athletes attempt to gain a spot in the Derby with a good…

March 6, 2025 1:05 PM 1:14 This episode of StarWatch features Dominic Brennan of Kenny McPeek’s Silverleaf Training Center discussing the now 2-year-old progeny of Independence Hall. Listen as Brennan details the group’s development as they prepare for racing. Source link

Burnham Square  came up short of winning his third straight victory of the 2024-25 Championship Meet when finishing fourth in the $401,650 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 1, but trainer Ian Wilkes is forging ahead with the Liam’s Map   gelding on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. After breaking his maiden,…

Nobody will have been surprised that he should turn out this good, but few might have guessed it would be at this trip. Los Angeles  has the tip-top middle-distance pedigree to be expected of a Ballydoyle colt, by 2012 Epsom Derby (G1) winner Camelot  and from the family of Anabaa Blue, who won the French…

A Tattersalls July Sale record was set July 9 when the blue-blooded Orchid Bouquet was hammered down at 550,000 guineas (US$786,000, 1 guinea=US$1.43). An online bidder went up against Grant Pritchard-Gordon, who was leaning nonchalantly against the rail in the packed gangway. The rivals engaged in a protracted tussle until Pritchard-Gordon created a little slice…

After originally being pulled from Kentucky Derby (G1) contention following a sixth-place finish in the April 8 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing’s Owen Almighty  was declared back in the 20-horse field April 16, according to Churchill Downs publicity. “The biggest thing is it’s the Kentucky Derby,” Flying Dutchmen president…