Ottinho, runner-up in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1), is no longer under consideration for the Kentucky Derby (G1), trainer Chad Brown confirmed on Saturday. Chief Wallabee. Ryan Thompson/Gulfstream Park.

Named after the fictional spy from the 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Napoleon Solo was initially purchased for $40,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by trainer Chad Summers ...

Chad Brown – who, if you didn’t already know, was raised in Mechanicville, New York, a few (actually, 128) furlongs from the Spa – has had 18 starters in the Travers, with limited success. His best ...

Every Kentucky Derby prep race produces at least one horse that forces bettors to stop, zoom out, and ask the uncomfortable question: Is this real, or am I being baited by early-season dominance? In ...

Silent Tactic recently delivered a breathtaking performance in the $1 million Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Rallied from tenth place, he sustained a massive five-wide bid to win going away, a ...

Monmouth Park once again takes center stage on the summer racing calendar with the running of the Grade III Philip H. Iselin Stakes. This prestigious dirt fixture attracts some of the top older route ...

First, pace dynamics on the Del Mar dirt surface will dictate the rhythm of this classic-distance encounter. With early speed merchants like Knightsbridge and Full Serrano signed on, jockey tactics ...

You can take the boy out of New Jersey, but you can’t take New Jersey out of the boy. That’s the way it’s looking with Al Gold, the Jersey guy who owns Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Napoleon Solo. It ...

Horse racing can feel intimidating for beginners, especially when the program is filled with abbreviations and categories that look like a secret code. One of the most important parts of understanding ...

Irad Ortiz, Jr., who has more victories than any other jockey over the past decade, is “off until further notice’’ his agent said Friday (Aug. 21), the day before he was scheduled to ride 1-2 favorite ...

The $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) on Saturday is set to feature one of the largest fields in the history of the showcase event of the Del Mar summer season. The 11-horse field of 3-year-olds and up ...

When English trainer Stuart Williams says it’s an “ambitious plan” to bring his filly Sunlit Uplands to America for Saturday’s $300,000 Ballston Spa Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, he isn’t kidding. The ...