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2017 PREAKNESS (G1) 100% BETTING LINE ALWAYS DREAMING (John Velazquez) TODD PLETCHER 4/5 CLASSIC EMPIRE (Julien Leparoux) MARK CASSE 9/2 LOOKIN AT LEE (Corey Lanerie) STEVE ASMUSSEN 20/1 CONQUEST MO MONEY (Jorge Carreno) MIGUEL HERNANDEZ 20/1 MULTIPLIER (Joel Rosario) BRENDAN WALSH 25/1 GUNNEVERA (Mike Smith) ANTONIO SANO 25/1 HENCE (Florent Geroux) STEVE ASMUSSEN 30/1 CLOUD […]

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, in the Juddmonte colors, celebrating Arrogate’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) victory. El Potro Roberto Photo By Jude T. Feld When your best bet of the two Breeders’ Cup days wins the first event easily and pays $15.20, you know it’s going to be a great weekend. Amerman Racing’s OSCAR […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Mondialiste, an international runner with previous North American success, won the big one at Arlington Park’s International Festival of Racing after some “almost” efforts earlier on a card dominated by trainer Chad Brown and jockey Florent Geroux. Klimt and Gunnevera showed promise in early 2-year-old tests at Del Mar […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Frosted confirmed his standing in the top ranks among older horses with another impressive win, Cupid won his second Derby, Paola Queen upset the Test Stakes at Saratoga at big odds and several 2-year-olds showed promise in a full midsummer weekend of Thoroughbred racing. On the international front, Signs […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Preakness winner Exaggerator caught another sloppy track and won again in Sunday’s Haskell, Stellar Wind edged Beholder in a battle of champions out west, Flintshire was not to be denied on the Saratoga turf and a maiden won the Jim Dandy at the Spa, all in another topsy turvy […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer California Chrome won but had to work for it, Songbird asserted herself in the stretch to win easily after a bit of a scare and globetrotting Highland Reel reeled in another Group 1 win in England — the highlights of weekend Thoroughbred racing. Bitumen and Sweet Loretta were the […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Roundup I’m a Chatterbox and Cupid posted big wins during the weekend, promising more for the second half of the year, while Aidan O’Brien saddled his fifth Irish Oaks winner — but not with the filly many expected to win. There were some major upsets around North America and a […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the Kentucky Derby under his girth, a vote of confidence from his owner, trainer and jockey and still undefeated, Nyquist heads off to Baltimore and the next leg of the Triple Crown. Nyquist, a plain-brown colt by Uncle Mo, answered all the questions asked of him in Saturday’s […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Brody’s Cause, Exaggerator and Outwork won the weekend’s three $1 million Kentucky Derby preps but Songbird continued to look like the year’s best 3-year-old with a romping win in the Santa Anita Oaks. Keeneland opened with a stakes-filled card replete with Breeders’ Cup winners. Woodbine returned to action. Laurel […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer California Chrome dominated the Dubai World Cup and Gun Runner was impressive in the biggest Kentucky Derby prep on a jam-packed Thoroughbred racing weekend. The World Cup performance was remarkable, if only because jockey Victor Espinoza found himself riding from “the rumble seat” when California Chrome’s saddle slipped two […]