The final spots in the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field will be decided on Saturday in the Toyota Blue Grass at Keeneland and Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
Richard Eng
There are 11 prep races left at which horses can earn points to make the Kentucky Derby field. In reality it’s 10, because no horse exiting the UAE Derby in Dubai has ever done anything at the Kentucky Derby.
When I worked at Santa Anita Park years ago, we used the slogan “If you come to the races one day a year …” — meaning the Santa Anita Handicap was on Saturday. Well, that Saturday has arrived.
Possibly the worst bad beat in sports betting history occurred in the Rainbow Pick 6 on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
The field for the Kentucky Derby will start to firm up this weekend with just 10 weeks until May 3.
The first time I met Larry Collmus was in 1985 in the press box at Garden State Park. Collmus was an 18-year-old high school graduate who wanted to become a race caller.
This weekend is Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager offered by Churchill Downs. What stuck out to me among the 23 individual 3-year-olds in Pool 2 is the lack of experience these horses have.
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the potential loss of slot subsidy within the horse racing industry. Then, as if on cue, a legislator in Pennsylvania wants to pass a bill that takes a $250 million slot subsidy away from horse racing and uses it to fund education.
The 15th annual Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship will be contested today through Sunday at TI.
There is a growing political sentiment, right or wrong, that state-mandated casino subsidies to the horse racing industry should be stopped. Or at least reduced.
We are 113 days from the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. This will be the first of many columns focused on, quite frankly, the only race that matters to the mainstream media and the nonracing public.