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Handicappers Andie Biancone and Jeremy Pond deliver their best bets, plus their favorite long shots, for Saturday's Grade III Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds.

Sponsored by: Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown) wins the Dinner Party Stakes (G2) at Pimlico on 5.15.21. Jose Ortiz up, Michael Maker trainer, Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable owners. Juddmontes multiple stakes winner Set Piece (GB) along with Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stables two-time Grade 2 winner Somelikeithotbrown lead a field of 10 older horses that was entered in Saturdays $300,000 Wise Dan (G2) at Churchill Downs. Named after multiple champion and two-time Horse of the ...

Sponsored by: Hard Love wins the Woodhaven Hard Love proved stakes capabilities in his 2021 debut and will attempt to display his talent once more against eight others in Saturdays eighth running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Pennine Ridge, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds over the inner turf at Belmont Park. Owned by Robert V. LaPenta and George Strawbridge, Jr.s Augustin Stable, Hard Love utilized tactical speed last out in the Woodhaven on April 17 at Aqueduct, where he tracked a hal...

Somelikeithotbrown Vindicated In Second Run At Dinner Party Stakes, Sets Course Record Sponsored by: Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown) wins the Dinner Party Stakes (G2) at Pimlico on 5.15.21. Jose Ortiz up, Michael Maker trainer, Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable owners. The second time in the Grade 2 Dinner Party Stakes was the charm for Somelikeithotbrown, who vindicated last years runner-up effort in the race on Saturday. Jockey Jose Ortiz tucked the 5-year-old horse in behind 25-...

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Like the King Apr 22, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com (Coady Photography/Turfway Park) M Racing Group’s Like the King picked up 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following a one-length tally in the $240,040 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park on March 27. The winner endured nine panels on the Tapeta surface in 1:50.22 beneath Drayden Van Dyke, recording his first graded stakes triumph. Like the King has won or placed in...

Drayden Van Dyke, Agent Gary Stevens Return To Kentucky With Derby Shot On Like The King Sponsored by: Like the King wins the Jeff Ruby with Drayden Van Dyke aboard Jockey Drayden Van Dyke, 26, was a fixture on the Churchill Downs backstretch as a kid but started his riding career in California, thanks to the influence of trainer Tom Proctor. With lots of palm trees but diminishing opportunities, Van Dyke has relocated to his birth state – with three-time Kentucky Derby winner and H...

Las Vegas If not for the last four jumps of last week’s Blue Grass Stakes, the entire Kentucky Derby picture would have gone from the High Renaissance of Raphael to the abstract of Jackson Pollock. That was just a haughty way of saying the apple cart was nearly flipped completely over in the past week. Essential Quality needed nearly every stride of the 1⅛ miles around Keeneland last Saturday to overtake Highly Motivated in the Blue Grass and remain undefeated. In the time since, Rock Your ...

Sponsored by: Hush of a Storm wins the John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park Joseph P. Morey Trusts $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial winner Hush of a Storm topped a roster of 63 horses that were nominated to the premiere race of Turfway Parks meet, the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (Grade 3). The Jeff Ruby Steaks, a Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series race, will be one of six stakes events carded on Saturday, March 27 at the Florence, Ky. oval. The 1 1/8-mile event over the n...

Photo: Carolyn Simancik / Eclipse Sportswire It looks like the third time indeed will be the charm for the 2021 debuts of Brad Cox stars Essential Quality and Monomoy Girl. After weather-related postponements the last two weeks, Oaklawn is scheduled Saturday to hold the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes — a Kentucky Derby points prep pitching Essential Quality against Jackies Warrior, Keepmeinmind and Spielberg — and the Bayakoa (G3) on Sunday, with champion older dirt female Monomoy Girl ma...

Turfway Park Posts 34.6 Percent Handle Increase In December Despite Three Fewer Race Dates Sponsored by: Turfway Park Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. delivered positive results in wagering and average field size during its 13-day Holiday Meet, which wrapped up a five-week run on Dec. 31. Despite three fewer race dates compared to 2019, all-sources wagering at Turfway Park soared to $32.3 million, an $8.3 million jump and 34.6 percent increase from last years $24.0 million. The average d...