Stakes Preview: Pennsylvania Derby & Cotillion

The under tack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale kicked off March 6 after being delayed one day by the weather. Hips 1-272 breezed Thursday, with three juvenile colts clocking the fastest furlong of the day in :09 4/5. Hip 119, a colt by first-crop sire and multiple grade 1 winner…

Triple Crown winners are the rarest of gems in the world of Thoroughbreds. Just the thought of a potential Triple Crown winner grabs the country’s imagination. And completing that feat makes for a global sensation.  So perhaps it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that one of the more recent Triple Crown winners—American Pharoah  —has…

The $500,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes (G2T) will be an entirely new experience for Go Go Boots , but it’s one she will be prepared for. Making her debut in the United States after five starts in England, trainer Miguel Clement has painstakingly checked every small detail he can think of off the list so that the…

It’s that time of year again! The 2025 Breeders’ Cup is just around the corner, taking place on Oct. 31-Nov 1 at Del Mar | BloodHorse.com Track Profile”>Del Mar. Last year on Unlocking Winners, I selected seven of the 14 Breeders’ Cup winners, my best-ever hit rate for the two-day championship. Equaling that 50% strike…

A total of nine wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls July Sale that runs July 8-10, and the cohort is headed by Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) runner-up Green Storm . Last seen finishing a fast-closing fifth in the King Edward VII Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot, the 3-year-old is by Circus Maximus  and out of…

The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In returns to South Korea Sept. 7, headlined by the $1.1 million Korea Cup (G3) at 1 1/8 miles and the $1 million Korea Sprint (G3) at six furlongs, both on the dirt track at Seoul Racecourse Park.  The Korea Cup gives the winner an automatic berth into…