Pretty Mischievous, a homebred for Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin, bounded home the winner of yesterday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1). The bay filly by four-time leading sire Into Mischief, paid $22.74 after breaking from the outside 14 post. Outsider Gambling Girl finished second and Wet Paint, the favorite for the Oaks, finished fourth. Winner of the Rachel Alexandra […]Read More

Mattress Mack has an awesome promo where if the Kentucky Derby favorite wins you get your furniture free. Check out the flyer below, then let’s take a look at this Kentucky Derby preview! The works have been analyzed to pieces, the ink off the past performances is smudged, and the prep race replays have been […]Read More

Friday’s $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) is upon us. Trainer Brad Cox seems to hold the strongest hand for the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, however, the selection here is Southlawn. Southlawn, a striking bay filly trained by Norm Casse, is listed as the third choice on the morning line at 8-1...Read More

Mattress Mack has an awesome promo where if the Kentucky Derby favorite wins you get your furniture free. Check out the flyer below, then let’s look at the Backstretch ‘Buzz’ at Churchill Downs: One of the strongest elixirs in Thoroughbred racing is buzz from those supposedly in the know on the backstretch. Those backstretch whispers […]Read More

From top to bottom, we’ll run through the field giving good reasons why they could win the Derby, and, on the flip side, why they won’t win the Derby. Yesterday’s column featured post positions 1-10. Today we’ll cover 11-20 and the also-eligibles. Let’s continue...Read More

From top to bottom, we’ll run through the field giving good reasons why they are going to win the Derby, and, on the flip side, why they won’t win the Derby. By post position, here are numbers 1-10 today...Read More

Mattress Mack has an awesome promo where if the Kentucky Derby favorite wins you get your furniture free. Check out the flyer below, then let’s read about the Derby post pill pull: In the National Football League, the winningest teams in each conference get a bye and home field advantage for the playoffs. Home field […]Read More

Mattress Mack has an awesome promo where if the Kentucky Derby favorite wins you get your furniture free. Check out the flyer below then let’s look at one of the contenders...Read More

Back in the late ‘80s and throughout the 1990s, the betting favorite for the Kentucky Derby (G1) roosted on a perilous perch. For the most part in sports, however, over time, things equal out. The betting favorite failed to win after Spectacular Bid (1979) until Fusaichi Pegasus won the Roses in 2000. Then from 2013-2018, […]Read More

While the sport of racing awaits the taking of entries and setting the post positions for the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1), now is a good time to look inside the final times and fractions of the prep races for the major contenders. With the Derby—as in most any horse race—it’s a numbers game...Read More

The heavy lifting of the 100-point prep races for the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) are in the book. One points race is left, Saturday’s Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. It’s worth a scant 20 points to the winner, and effectively only would allow Disarm to make his way to the Derby fray if he wins...Read More