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This season’s Kentucky Derby preps have come and gone. Barring defections, the top 20 spots on the Derby leaderboard are locked up, and we know which horses are likely to enter the starting gate on the first Saturday in May.Up until this point, this list had been a hybrid of one handicapper’s opinion and runners likely to make the field. Now, though, we can exclusively focus on the top 20 horses on the leaderboard.

Article by Laura King: Bhupat Seemar, champion trainer in his first season in Dubai, talks to Laura King about UAE Derby runner-up Summer Is Tomorrow's Kentucky Derby mission

The 100-point Kentucky Derby preps have come and gone. All that’s left on the road to the Run for the Roses is Saturday’s Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, which serves as a last resort for connections with horses on the outside looking in.

“When you make a new start, you want to show people what you’re capable of," said jockey Junior Alvarado after a win at Gulfstream Park

A group of seven 2-year-olds are entered to make their career debut in the first juvenile race of the season Thursday at Gulfstream Park

Three major Kentucky Derby preps came and went on Saturday. With those races came sweeping changes in the points standings and these rankings, and more of those are still in store with several 100-point races yet to be run.As a reminder, this list serves as a hybrid of sorts. If a horse has earned enough Derby points to make the field, he’ll be on this list. However, that doesn’t mean an exceptionally-talented 3-year-old without sufficient points will be ignored if it’s eyeing a race that ...

Article by John Gilmore: There were fireworks on the first day of the Arqana breeding stock sales at Deauville on December 4 with two G1-winning mares going through the ring for huge sums.

Empire Racing Club, Managed By Tom Durkin, Launches Third Season At Belmont Sponsored by: The Empire Racing Club (ERC) is fast approaching the launch of its third season, which officially kicks off May 15, 2021. Membership for Season 3 will be offered at a reduced price of $400 through the official re-launch date of May 15, 2021, with no further outlay by the participants, providing members with the racing and horse ownership experience without the pitfalls and costs often associated ...

Owners Of Virginia-Bred Or -Sired Horses Earn Nearly $300,000 In 2020 Bonuses Sponsored by: Mr. Buff scored a repeat victory in the Empire Classic on the Empire Showcase card at Belmont on Oct. 24, 2020 Nearly $300,000 in bonus monies was awarded to owners of Virginia-bred and -sired horses in 2020 courtesy of the Virginia Thoroughbred Associations (VTA) Mid-Atlantic Incentive program. A total of 57 owners, whose horses won at tracks in the Mid-Atlantic region, shared $299,574.75. The...

Sponsored by: Trainer Rodolphe Brisset WinStar Stablemates Racings Gulf Coast, stakes-placed in one of two juvenile starts, will step up and stretch out for her sophomore debut in Fridays $75,000 Cash Run at Gulfstream Park. The one-mile Cash Run for 3-year-old fillies is among three $75,000 stakes on the New Years Day program along with a pair of five-furlong turf sprints, the Abundantia for fillies and mares 4 and older and the Janus for 4-year-olds and up featuring the 7-year-old d...