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The culmination of another Triple Crown season is set to go down with the 2021 Belmont Stakes on Saturday. There will be no Triple Crown winner this year. Rombauer 's win at the Preakness Stakes ended Medina Spirit's quest to win all three races...
Essential Quality was a popular pick to win the Kentucky Derby heading into the race, but the 2-1 favorite ended up outside of the top three in fourth. Instead, it was trainer Brad H. Cox's other horse in the Derby field that ended up winning bettors money. Mandaloun, who had 26-1 odds entering the race, finished second, coming just short down the homestretch. So although Cox couldn't become the first Louisville-born trainer to win the Derby, he had an impressive showing in his first time entering a horse in the race, with two among the top four. "They both were read...
Sponsored by: Ava's Grace, shown at Churchill April 26 Ava's Grace, a 50-1 morning line choice for the Kentucky Oaks, will be scratched from the race, according to trainer Robertino Diodoro. Diodoro indicated he was dissatisfied with the filly's physical condition and will be sending her to Hagyard Equine Medical Institute for a full work-up. Daily Racing Form's David Grening tweeted that Diodoro had no definite diagnosis for Ava's Grace but was concerned about her right shoulder and planned to get a nuclear scintigraphy scan done. Nuclear scintigraphy is a useful tool in isolating ...