The $200,000 Grade 3 Knickerbocker Stakes is the featured event October 10 at Belmont Park as a competitive field of 11 older turf males will contest the mile and an eighth race on the turf.
7/2 morning line favorite War Dancer will receive some class relief for trainer Bill Mott after competing at the grade 1 and grade 2 level in each of his last four starts. War Dance, a five year-old son of War Front finished second in the Grade 2 Bowling Green Handicap August 1 at Saratoga and suffered a heart-breaking loss in the Grade 1 Man o’ War Stakes May 9 at Belmont losing by a head to Twilight Eclipse. Despite his credentials, with just 4 wins in 22 career starts, War Dancer could be considered a risky investment on top and may be better used underneath in exacta and trifecta wagers where he has finished 9 times in his career.
Mr. Speaker showed a resounding return to form last out winning the Grade 2 Commonwealth Stakes September 19 at Laurel, marking his first stakes triumph since winning the Belmont Derby July 5, 2014. Trained by Shug McGaughey, Mr. Speaker has been a top class horse since his three year-old season, but has struggled with consistency despite a record showing 6 wins in 16 career starts. Jose Ortiz gets the mount breaking from post 9.
Middleburg (9/2) has been a steady performer throughout his career, finishing off the board just once – his career debut – in 16 starts. Racing out of the turf-savvy Christophe Clement barn, Middleburg won the Grade 3 Cliff Hanger August 23 at Monmouth while placing in three other graded events this year.
The race offers 50-20-10-5 Road to the Kentucky Derby points to the top four finishers. That 50-point bonanza to the winner means whoever crosses the wire first is virtually guaranteed a spot in the Kentucky […]
The field is set for the 2019 Preakness Stakes, and looking at the 13 rivals on paper is enough to make any serious handicapper's mouth water. There's simply a ton of betting value here.
Post positions have been drawn, and the oddsmakers have instilled Omaha Beach as the morning line favorite for the running of the 145th Kentucky Derby. The race goes Saturday, May 4th, with 20 runners set to battle 1 1/4 miles on the Churchill Downs dirt track, chasing a purse of $3 million and the first leg of the US Triple Crown.
The defending champ is back in the field for the 2016 Arlington Million on Saturday, but he's being overshadowed by a strong group of foreign invaders.
Newgrange Imposing in the Rebel
25 February 2022Oaklawn Park features the most lucrative spur of the Kentucky Derby trail. Their three-year-old series is back in action on Saturday, February 26 with the Rebel Stakes. The $1,000,000 horse race drew a field of eleven three-year-old...
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