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JESSIE OSWALD SPORTS@NEWSANDTRIBUNE.COM Apr 28, 2021 Essential Quality, the reigning 2-year-old Eclipse Champion and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner, was named the morning-line favorite at odds of 2-1 for Saturdays 147th running of the Kentucky Derby. The Brad Cox-trained horse drew post 14 at Tuesdays pill pull.  Photo courtesy Coady Photography LOUISVILLE — The field for the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve is ...

Sponsored by: Letruska and Irad Ortiz Jr. (inside) defeat Monomoy Girl and Florent Geroux in the Apple Blossom Billed as “Champion vs. Champion,” the Grade 1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park was widely considered a two-horse race between Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver. Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Letruska, however, had another idea which earned him Jockey of the Week for April 12 through April 18. The award, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of t...

Essential Quality Extends His Lead In NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Sponsored by: Essential Quality (Tapit) wins the Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on 4.3.21. Luis Saez up, Brad Cox trainer, Godolphin LLC owner. Undefeated Essential Quality, fresh off a determined victory in the Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 3, maintained the top spot in this weeks National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll. Trained by Brad Cox and bred an...

Sponsored by: Swiss Skydiver, ridden by Robby Albarado, outduels Authentic, ridden by John Velazquez, to win the Preakness Stakes during Preakness Stakes Day at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM Last years Eclipse Champion 3-year-old Filly, Swiss Skydiver arrived at Santa Anita from her Gulfstream Park base on Tuesday and is poised to make her 4-year-old debut as she heads a field of eight older fillies and mares in Saturdays Grade 1, $300,...