Saturday’s Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream offers 50 Kentucky Derby points to the winner. Picks and analysis here.
Three-year-old Balboa, based at Laurel Park with trainer Brittany Russell, will seek Kentucky Derby points in next Saturday’s Gotham.
With a win in Saturday’s Grade 2 Risen Star at the Fair Grounds, Paladin moved to the lead of the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard.
Renegade earned 20 Kentucky Derby points, rallying past a longshot to win the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. The latest.
Twelve 3-year-olds bred in the Mid-Atlantic, including three stakes winners, are among the 367 nominated to the Triple Crown.
A total of 367 3-year-olds — six fewer than last year — have been nominated to the Triple Crown series, which kicks off with the May 2 Kentucky Derby.
Laurel-based trainer Gary Capuano expects to run at least one of three he’s nominated to the Jan. 31 Withers, with up to 20 Kentucky Derby points.
The build-up to the 152nd Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) continues Friday through Sunday with Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, featuring Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) winner Ted Noffey as the 6-1 individual favorite and All Other 3-Year-Olds not listed among the 39 individual interests as the overall 4-1 choice. The three-day pools, featuring $2 […]
The Brittany Russell-trained James F. Lewis, III Stakes winner Balboa, recently third in the G2 Remsen, will try his luck in the Jerome at the Big A Jan. 3.
Balboa, a dominant winner of the James. F. Lewis, III Stakes at Laurel Park last week in his first in Brittany Russell’s barn, could try the G2 Remsen next.
