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Bettors keep hammering Sierra Leone, who is down to 2-1 in the afternoon window

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher holds a strong hand for the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes with as many as four possible contenders topped by Fierceness and Antiquarian as well as the undefeated Mindframe, who were all on the work tab Friday morning.Pletcher, who could also be represented in […]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Juddmonte’s Kentucky homebred Batten Down is the latest addition to the prospective field for the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets as Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott confirmed the son of Tapit has his sights set on the 10-furlong test slated for June 8 at Saratoga Race […]

The odds don't have Dornoch and Society Man as frontrunners, but stranger things have happened!

Twenty horses will race in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

The naming of racehorses can be a fun game and an esoteric exercise that peeks deep into pedigrees and wordplay for inspiration. Take for example, Sierra Leone. One of his owners, Peter Brant, nodded to his sire, Gun Runner, because the African nation is known as a center of arms dealing.

Twenty horses will race in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE – (TNS) The naming of racehorses can be a fun game and an esoteric exercise that peeks deep into pedigrees and wordplay for inspiration. Take for example, Sierra Leone.

“In the Keeneland race, he was off the pace, but he was handy the whole way. He was into the bridle and traveled well for Tyler."

“When I decided to go to New York, he was galloping very good on grass,” trainer Jose D’Angelo said of Armstrong.