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Dubyuhnell, who captured the Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct in his final juvenile start, heads a list of 30 nominees for the $250,000 Holy Bull (G3)

Eight 3-year-olds, including trainer Brad Cox’s stakes-winning pair of Jace’s Road and Corona Bolt, are expected for the $750,000 Southwest (G3), Oaklawn’s second of four Kentucky Derby (G1) points races, set for Jan. 28 at the Hot Springs, Ark. track.

UAE: Watson and Dobbs combine for a Sunday treble 2023-01-20

  One of the great things about the Thoroughbred racing game is the year-round excitement. Of course, this part of the calendar can add a little more juice to the poker game pot as the stakes are a bit higher. Everyone with a talented three-year-old hopes to play their cards right with the flop yielding a trip to the Kentucky Derby or Kentucky Oaks. Just having one high card in the hole is good, having a pocket pair is even better.   Veteran trainer Tom Amoss is one of those lu...

Letruska, the Eclipse Award champion older dirt female of 2021, will visit two-time Horse of the Year Curlin for her first mating during the 2023 breeding season.

The Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. 8 told us several things, most prominently that Bob Baffert’s talented cadre of classic prospects includes some of the most expensive purchases in the crop and that they are very well chosen and prepared.

Evocative, a 6-year-old daughter of Pioneerof the Nile from the family of Grade 1 winner New Year’s Day and Grade 2 winner Mohaymen who is in foal to Quality Road, sold to Kerri Radcliffe, agent, for $550,000 to lead a solid day of trade during Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.

We’re a little more than one week into 2023, and excitement is percolating at racetracks around the country as newly-turned 3-year-olds emerge as potential contenders for this spring’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve May 6 at Churchill Downs.

Although he was pressed through swift fractions to the top of the lane, longshot Reincarnate, one of three Bob Baffert entrants, was smooth as silk as he fended off all challengers to prevail by a neck in Sunday’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita.

Reincarnate surprises in Sham; Ice Dancing skates in Santa Ynez at the Kentucky Derby. The 2023 Kentucky Derby is the 149th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track.