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Ivar (BRZ) has been adeptly handled by trainer Paulo Lobo and may be able to duplicate the feat of winning this race in 2020, then at odds of 14 to 1.

This Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs may not be a qualifying race for the Breeders’ Cup Classic five weeks from Saturday, but it certainly has implications because the top three contenders may be running in that race depending on their efforts in this one.

Tawny Port may actually be the faster of the pair at this point in time and certainly will offer better betting value

Race Lens query, when Appleby comes to North America, his horses perform incredibly well to the tune of 15 wins, 10 second place finishes and two thirds in 38 starts going back five years.

Arklow won this race in 2018, was second in 2019, won in 2020 and came up a neck short of victory last year.

Entries for the 29th Minnesota Festival of Champions, a night of racing on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Canterbury Park restricted to Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses bred in the state, attracted a total of 107 horses for 12 races.

Saturday's TVG Pacific Classic didn’t draw a big field but it drew a very strong field of six, with three millionaires and a budding superstar.

Equibase's national racing analyst Ellis Starr handicaps the field for Saturday's Grade 1 Runhappy Travers Stakes at Saratoga.

Equibase National Racing Analyst Ellis Starr handicaps Saturday's 14-horse field contesting the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks.

Santin is one of only two 4-year-olds in this year’s Arlington Million (the other being Cellist), and he has only run badly in one of seven career starts.