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By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A fascinating weekend of racing found Kentucky Derby contenders in two states and Dubai and the Dubai World Cup won by Animal Kingdom. Trainer Todd Pletcher had a remarkably good day despite not winning the Florida Derby. And a super performance by a super filly at Gulfstream Park turned […]

Follow @racehorsereport GULFSTREAM PARK GP 4th Race – The Rampart Stakes (G3) CIAO BELLA is undefeated on the dirt at Gulfstream Park. She owns the best figures in the field and has the Pletcher-Velazquez team on her side. The daughter of Giant’s Causeway should get a perfect trip behind stablemate AUTHENTICITY too. SUCCESSFUL SONG has […]

Follow @racehorsereport Horses, their owners, trainers and jockeys all converge in Dubai this weekend for the Dubai World Cup, a day to celebrate the Thoroughbred. The brainchild of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, World Cup day brings together racing’s best to compete for $27,000,000 in purses. Although no wagering is […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A couple new Kentucky Derby contenders, a world record in Florida and dueling international sprint stars all enlivened weekend racing. A potential new handicap sensation ran his record to five straight wins in New York. A budding Hong Kong runner appears to have made the right choice in bypassing […]

BY JUDE T. FELDFollow @racehorsereport Kentucky Derby (G1) aficionados from around the world turn their attention to Turfway Park on Saturday afternoon as the $75,000 Team Valor Rushaway Stakes and the $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Racing Spiral Stakes (G3) highlight the day’s action at the Florence. Kentucky oval. Sandwiched between those important Derby preps is […]

By ROBERT KELLEY KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas trained the first two finishers of the Rebel (G2) Saturday at Oaklawn Park. Oaklawn Park Photo Upsets added spice to the weekend’s racing, including one by crafty veteran trainer D. Wayne Lukas in the weekend’s big Derby prep. In California, a […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer The Godolphin “home team” had a monster day on Super Saturday in Dubai while Verrazano was having an equally super day on the Kentucky Derby trail. The going wasn’t so peachy for a couple other Derby contenders on the West Coast, thanks to a fast early pace. And the […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Godolphin runners are dominating the Dubai Carnival at MeydanDubai Racing Club Photo One Kentucky Derby favorite moved forward in weekend racing while another suffered a setback and a third blazed into the picture for the first time. Meanwhile, Game On Dude put on a dominating show in California, announcing […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer When a horse pays $272.40 to win in a major Kentucky Derby prep, it pays to look deeper into the race to see what information that upset might have masked. So it is with Saturday’s $400,000, Grade II Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. The winner, […]

By Jude T. Feld Two major Kentucky Derby (G1) preps dominate the thoughts of horseplayers throughout the United States on Saturday afternoon as renewals of the Fountain of Youth (G2) and Risen Star (G2) will be contested. Both Gulfstream Park and Fair Grounds have assembled excellent supporting stakes for their weekend cards. The weather in […]