Kentucky Derby 2026
KENTUCKY DERBY PRESENTED BY WOODFORD RESERVE (G1) Churchill Downs – 2nd May 2026 There’s already a fantastic story to go with the 2026 Kentucky Derby as Cherie Devaux became the first female trainer to win the race with GOLDEN TEMPO. The winner certainly took a bit of finding as his International SP of 25/1 might […]
Toyota Blue Grass Stakes
Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1) Not every race review on this blog takes a long time to write and this is certainly going to be one of the shorter ones that I post this season. The reason for that is that the 2026 running of the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland was really all about […]
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Derby (G1) Bob Baffert’s wait for a 10th Santa Anita Derby goes on after his previously unbeaten colt Potente was beaten by SO HAPPY in a thrilling duel up the Santa Anita home straight. The pair pulled a long way clear of everything else, crossing the line 1.23s ahead of the distant 3rd […]
Santa Anita Derby Preview
Santa Anita Derby (G1) Data recorded by Potente when winning the G2 San Felipe Stakes Bob Baffert has a very good record in the Santa Anita Derby with 9 wins, but he hasn’t landed the prize since Roadster won under Mike Smith in 2019. That could all change this year though as he would appear […]
Arkansas Derby Review
Arkansas Derby (G1) The form lines on the Road to the Kentucky Derby often begin to merge together at this time of the year. If any clues were needed, the fact that both Wayne’s Law and in particular The Puma ran so well in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream gave a clear boost to the […]
Florida Derby Review
Curlin Florida Derby Presented by Hill “n” Dale Farms at Xalapa (G1) “I like him, there’s a lot to like and there is no reason to think that he won’t improve again”. Those were the exact words that I wrote about Commandment when he won the Fountain of Youth Stakes in February and yet on […]
Curlin Florida Derby Preview
Curlin Florida Derby Presented By Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms At Xalapa – (G1) Data recorded for Commandment when he won the Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes When first looking at the early prices for this year’s Florida Derby, I was slightly surprised to see that there was very little margin between COMMANDMENT and CHIEF WALLABEE. […]
Twinspires Louisiana Derby (G2)
Twinspires Louisiana Derby (G2) EMERGING MARKET made it 2 wins from 2 starts for Chad Brown and took an enormous step forward from last month’s debut win at Tampa Bay Downs to win the Louisiana Derby. Despite being drawn widest in stall 9, he certainly received a lot of market support and having broken smartly […]
San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse (G2)
San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse (G2) Bob Baffert won the 10th San Felipe Stakes of his career on Saturday evening at Santa Anita, but not with the horse that the market expected. Brant was the talking horse from the Baffert barn coming into the race and he was supported into 2.25 favouritism at […]
Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2)
Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) Commandment took his record to 3 wins from 4 races for Brad Cox when landing the Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream on Saturday evening. He was a well supported favourite for the race and duly delivered for his supporters in relatively comfortable fashion, but was the race […]