When trainer Bill Mott decided that Kentucky Derby Winner SOVEREIGNTY would bypass the Preakness Stakes the racing world let out a collective groan as that guaranteed there would not be a potential Triple Crown bid this year. After Saturday’s Belmont Stakes @ Saratoga there can be no second-guessing the Hall of Fame trainer, as SOVEREIGNTY drew away from Preakness Winner JOURNALISM by three lengths in the … Continue reading SOVEREIGNTY Reigns Supreme
The final jewel of the Triple Crown is this Saturday, June 7th. For the second straight year the Belmont Stakes will take place at Saratoga Race Course. The Grade I Belmont Stakes will anchor a five-day (a day longer than 2024) racing festival at The Spa. Television coverage of what promises to be an exciting week will be wide-ranging and all encompassing. FOX Sports takes over television coverage … Continue reading TV Schedule For Belmont Racing Festival
The 2025 version of the Belmont Racing Festival at Saratoga begins on Thursday June 5th and runs through Sunday June 8th. If you’re a first-time visitor to the nirvana of horseracing, here’s six furlongs worth of things to know before you go: 1. Saratoga Race Course is the oldest sporting venue in the United States. The Saratoga Race Course opened for business in 1863, making it the oldest sporting venue in the entire … Continue reading There’s More To Saratoga Than World-Class Racing
It’s not news to racing enthusiasts that the Belmont Stakes will once again be ran at Saratoga. Which means it will be contested at the shortened distance of 1 ¼ miles. Horseplayers that follow track trends need to adjust their handicapping accordingly because Belmont Stakes trends from past editions at Belmont Park– at the race’s traditional 1 ½-mile distance, are rendered insignificant for this year’s … Continue reading Speed & Gate Matter In Belmont @ Saratoga.
The 150th edition of the Preakness Stakes will not feature Kentucky Derby Winner SOVEREIGNTY. His connections have opted to skip the second jewel of the Triple Crown. If one were to look back and analyze the last 10-20 years of the Preakness there are some discernable recurring trends/tendencies that can prove to be useful information when trying to identify the likely Winner of the race. … Continue reading Preakness Penchants
The Triple Crown races pretty-much dominate the headlines in regard to 3-year-old racehorses every spring. But cozied up between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes is the Peter Pan Stakes. The 1 1/8-mile, $200,000 dollar Peter Pan warrants some attention as it’s an important race in the Stakes division and often acts as a pathway to the Belmont Stakes for the horses that did … Continue reading Who Wins The Peter Pan Stakes?
There will be no asterisk necessary in regard to horse racings 2025 Triple Crown. On Monday the connections of Kentucky Derby Winner SOVEREIGNTY decided against running in the 150th edition of the Preakness Stakes on May 17th at Pimlico Race Course. Alternately, he is being pointed toward the Belmont Stakes June 7th at Saratoga Race Course. Mike Rodgers executive vice president of operations at Pimlico on … Continue reading No Triple Crown. No *
SOVEREIGNTY came out of his hard fought, come-from-behind Victory in the Kentucky Derby in good condition, aside from what his trainer Bill Mott believes to be a superficial scrape to the colt’s right foreleg. Speaking outside his barn at Churchill Downs, Mott speculated the four-inch scrape occurred when SOVEREIGNTY and CHUNK OF GOLD seemed to briefly clip heels in the opening strides of the Derby. The trainer … Continue reading What’s Next For SOVEREIGNTY?
Two horses have been scratched from the Kentucky Derby. On Thursday RODRIGUEZ opted out and on Friday we learned that GRANDE won’t be going into the gate. So with two dropping out and only one Alternate Entry available, that leaves the 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby with 19 runners. Here is a look at the final 7 entrants in the field including the alternate- … Continue reading Who Wins The Kentucky Derby?
It begins in late summer, continues into the fall, slides into winter, and blossoms in the spring. All of the preps, the triumphs and heartache on the Road to the Kentucky Derby are in the rearview mirror. The 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday at Churchill Downs. Here then, is a look brief look at Post Positions #8 through 14. The final six runners will be … Continue reading Kentucky Derby Preview Part II
