Wilkes: Burnham Square Progressing Nicely

Image: Steve Hart A capacity field has been assembled for the Sydney Cup (3200m) this Saturday at Randwick where in form Alalcance is a clear market elect. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2025 Sydney Cup. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T’s…

British trainer Jamie Osborne reported from his Lambourn stable May 6 that UAE Derby (G2) runner-up Heart of Honor  is scheduled to ship to the United States May 8 to begin preparations for a start in the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course. “He has to quarantine at Churchill. It’s a bit of…

Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel in collaboration with Iowa HBPA, Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association, Iowa Quarter Horse Racing Association, Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission and AQHA have agreed due to extreme heat forecasted for the area today and tomorrow to move today’s first post from 4pm to 7pm CT and to move…

Pam Gerard almost picked up an Australian 3-year-old major this season with Savaglee, and the Matamata-based trainer is back in pursuit of the AU$1 million Australian Oaks (G1) April 12 at Randwick. Savaglee finished a close second to Feroce at Flemington in the Australian Guineas (G1) last month. On this occasion, it will be the…

John Stewart’s Resolute Racing silks were carried to victory for the first time in Australia when expensive filly Ernaux produced a commanding display to break through Nov. 14 at Canterbury Racecourse. Trained by Chris Waller, the daughter of I Am Invincible  was fourth and second at her most recent starts at Newcastle and she came…

Field of Gold  may have inherited his sire Kingman  ‘s Newmarket misfortune, but a proclivity to sparkle at the Curragh was also bequeathed as he blasted clear by 3 3/4 lengths in the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) May 24, the first Irish classic of the season, for John and Thady Gosden. The colt registered the widest…