The new Maryland Jockey Club set a handle record of $5,536,944 the April 19 “Preakness Preview Day” program at Laurel Park. The 12-race card featured five stakes, including two “Win Today, See You in May” events and a hybrid on-site and online handicapping contest. The $150,000 Federico Tesio, won by Pay Billy , offered a fees-paid guaranteed…
Lexington residents traveling down Versailles Road to Keeneland see neighboring Calumet Farm on their way, and they have seen the farm’s impact on the sport at the historic track just as much in recent days. A day after a 38-1 surprise from the Brendan Walsh-trained Gin Gin in the Doubledogdare Stakes (G3), Brad Kelley’s Calumet…
Professor Gordon Jones died April 18, only four days after his 95th birthday. Jones was a pioneer of speed and pace handicapping. His best-selling book, “Gordon Jones to Win,” inspired his popular prerace handicapping seminars attended by legions of race goers. He brought his numbers to the track at a time when people would laugh at him,…
Local hope Pay Billy could be onto the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) after scoring a workmanlike victory in the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes April 19 at Laurel Park. By capturing the Federico Tesio, Pay Billy earned automatic entrance into the second jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course. The 2-1 favorite off an easy…
Trainer Ian Wilkes discusses Blue Grass Stakes (G1) winner Burnham Square after he breezed four furlongs in :49 2/5 at Churchill Downs April 19. Source link
Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Journalism had his final work April 19 at Santa Anita Park before shipping to Churchill Downs, where he is expected to be the favorite in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1). In his first work back since winning the April 5 Santa Anita Derby, Journalism, with jockey Umberto Rispoli aboard, worked…
April 19, 2025 2:38 PM 4:17 Trainer Brendan Walsh discusses East Avenue‘s reemergence as a Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful following his runner-up effort in the April 8 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland. The Godolphin homebred breezed four furlongs in :47 3/5 at Churchill Downs April 19. …
The $350,000 Bewitch Stakes (G3T), won three times by multiple grade 1 winner War Like Goddess in 2021-23, marks the final graded stakes feature of the 15-day Keeneland spring meet. While there’s no War Like Goddess in this year’s running, a competitive field of nine older fillies and mares assembled for the April 25 Keeneland closing…
Frankie Dettori’s dramatic switch to riding in the United States and the rivalry of owners Mike Repole and John Stewart are just two of the storylines viewers can expect to see in Race For The Crown, the latest sports documentary to air on Netflix. Produced by Box To Box, the company behind shows such as Drive…
With two weeks remaining until up to 20 3-year-olds take their shot in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), the building excitement could be felt April 19 throughout the Churchill Downs backstretch. The first sizable crowd of onlookers and media members for the 2025 Derby season gathered along the rail to catch a glimpse of the…
