#Abel Cedillo

It is the great story of the understudy getting that one shot to step in for the star. One shot to step into the spotlight. And maybe even stay there. When Drew Bledsoe got hurt, in came Tom Brady. Wally Pipp was replaced by Lou Gehrig. Phil Fulmer less elegantly for Johnny Majors. On the other hand, sports are full of one-hit wonders like Jeremy…

Maximum Security, the colt disqualified from victory in the Kentucky Derby, returns to the winner's circle Saturday at Belmont Park. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 28 (UPI) -- It was a very good weekend of horse racing for Japan as Lys Gracieux landed the Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia and Almond Eye returned to her dominant…

On the final Saturday of its Bing Crosby Season, Del Mar will offer a stakes tripleheader topped by the Grade 1, $400000 Hollywood Derby, a turf battle deluxe that has drawn an overflow field to the seaside track north of San Diego, Calif. Also on tap for the big afternoon will be the Grade 2, $250000 Seabiscuit Handicap for 3-year-olds and up on…

Six double quick fillies and mares are set to do some high stepping Sunday at Del Mar in the 51st edition of the Rancho Bernardo Handicap. The distaff spin includes the defending champ in the 6 1/2-panel headliner; a multiple-stakes winner out of the Bob Baffert barn; a rocket ship in from New Mexico who ran the fastest six furlongs of the current…

Abel Cedillo / 9 Tyler Baze / 7 TRAINERS / WINS Doug O'Neill / 16 Peter Miller / 9 Bob Baffert / 8 Richard Baltas / 7 John Sadler / 7 Saturday • $100000 Grade III Autumn Miss Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 mile (turf) Sunday • $200000 Grade II Twilight Derby, 3-year-olds, 1-1/8 miles (turf) • It was difficult for David Abrams to see his older…

With the Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby paused until Jan. 22, fillies take the spotlight Saturday. Under the Stars (8-5) leads a field of six lined up for the Grade 2, $200000 Santa Ynez Stakes. Post time from Santa Anita is 7:06 p.m. EST, with TVG showing the seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies. The Santa Ynez pays out Road to the 2022…

There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the $300000-guaranteed Starlet - the final Grade I of 2022 for 2-year-old fillies - for a sixth consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos. The race at 1 1/16 miles is being offered locally for the ninth…

Who can say no to some Sunday racing from where the surf meets the turf, especially when there is a graded stake on the turf? The Cecil B. DeMille Stakes will be taking place this Sunday from Del Mar Racecourse and is carded as Race 5 going to post at 5:30 pm (ET). This graded stakes affair will be on the turf course with the prize pool being a…

Graded Stakes on the turf at Del Mar is where I would dream to have a horse run; if you know, I could afford a thoroughbred racehorse. The (G3) Jimmy Durante Stakes will be taking place this Saturday from Del Mar Racecourse and is carded as Race 7, going to post at 6:30 pm (ET). This graded stakes affair will be on the turf course, with the prize…

A trio of stakes races, headed by the 82nd edition of the Grade 1, $400000 Hollywood Derby, will highlight a special racing card Saturday at Del Mar on the penultimate day of the sport for the 2022 Bing Crosby Season. Also on the nine-race program will be the 32nd running of the Grade 3, $100000 Jimmy Durante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and the…

Horsemen show a lot of support for Del Mar; Tizamagician to do the trick in Cougar II; Osunitas, Wickerr enhance weekend program DEL MAR, Calif.- Flavien Prat, the riding champion four of the last five years, has mounts booked for all 10 races as Del Mar opens its 82 summer season today. Soon after the last one he'll catch a plane for New Jersey…

Abel Cedillo / 37 Diego Herrera / 33 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 47 Doug O'Neill / 36 John Sadler / 30 Bob Baffert / 27 Mark Glatt / 26 Saturday • $150000 Snow Chief Stakes, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 1 1/8 miles (turf) • $150000 Melair Stakes, 3-year-old fillies bred in CA, 1 1/16 miles • $100000 Crystal Water Stakes, 3-year-olds and up bred in…

Two very different, but very interesting, stakes races will highlight the Sunday Labor Day Weekend card at Del Mar. The first test brings out 3-year-old fillies, seven of them in fact, for the 45th edition of the Torrey Pines Stakes, a Grade III offering that carries a purse of $125000 and goes at a mile on the main track. The second is for…

Cal-bred champ doing'Super' for Santa Ana; Mandella says United up to speed in training ARCADIA, Calif.- Doug O'Neill hopes The Great One rebounds from his disappointing fifth-place finish behind recently sidelined Life Is Good in the Grade II San Felipe Stakes on March 6 when he runs in the Grade I Runhappy Santa Anita Derby next Saturday, April…

Four stakes races are included in the late Pick 5 wager at Santa Anita on Saturday. Here is how I view the California-bred races, followed by my affordable ticket. A tough turf endeavor at 1 1/8 miles for the boys kicks off the sequence, and if I can move past the opening leg, then my confidence level will skyrocket. #8 Indian Peak (3-1) ran a few…

Going Global, who is 7-for-9 on U.S. soil, aims to make it 8-for-10 on Monday while adding a second-top level score to her ledger. The Phil D'Amato-trained Going Global (8-5) is morning-line favorite for the Grade 1, $400000 Gamely Stakes. Post time from Santa Anita is 9 p.m. EDT, with TVG showing the 1 1/8-mile turf event for fillies and…

BALNIKHOV TO WAIT UNTIL THE DEL MAR DERBY SEPTEMBER 3 Little Red Feather Racing, et al's Balnikhov brought a baggage full of promise with him when he arrived from Ireland at the first of the year. He finally met those expectations Friday afternoon on Opening Day at Del Mar when the 3-year old son of Adaay dropped down on the rail and surged to…

For bettors who enjoy competitive fields with high quality, the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Saturday looks like a great race to study. This edition of the 1 1/4-mile dirt race for older horses features nine well-matched horses. The 3-1 morning line favorite Express Train is a capable horse, as well as a consistent one with 10…

Last week, Belmont Park was the focus of the racing world with the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, preceded by a host of stakes for other Thoroughbred divisions. Earlier this week, the action shifted across the pond to England's Ascot racecourse for the Royal meet. On Saturday, the Jersey Shore will be the place to be as Monmouth…

Chop Chop out of the track Wednesday morning. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes/Edited LEXINGTON, Ky.- Trainer Brad Cox will attempt to win his second Juvenile Fillies when he saddles Selective's Chop Chop as the 4-1 favorite. The City of Light filly is going off a very narrow loss to Wonder Wheel in the Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland. "It was…

Diego Herrera / 27 Abel Cedillo / 21 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 27 Bob Baffert / 25 Doug O'Neill / 23 John Sadler / 17 Richard Baltas / 16 Saturday • $100000 Irish O'Brien Stakes, fillies and mares bred in CA, 4-year-olds and up, 6 1/2 furlongs downhill turf course Sunday • $100000 Sensational Star Stakes, 4-year-olds and up bred in CA, 6 1/2…

Abel Cedillo / 15 Tyler Baze / 10 TRAINERS / WINS Bob Baffert / 20 Philip D'Amato / 15 Doug O'Neill / 13 Mark Glatt / 10 Two tied / 9 Saturday • $100000 Grade III Sweet Life Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 6 1/2 furlongs downhill turf course • Trainer Bob Baffert is not sure if Corniche, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall at Del Mar, can…

Joel Rosario / 29 Abel Cedillo / 28 TRAINERS / WINS Bob Baffert / 21 Peter Miller / 20 Doug O'Neill / 20 Richard Baltas / 19 Philip D'Amato / 18 Saturday • $300000 Grade I Beholder Mile, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile • $100000 Grade III San Simeon Stakes, 4-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs (turf) Sunday • $100000 Irish O'Brien Stakes,…

Abel Cedillo / 4 Umberto Rispoli / 3 TRAINERS / WINS Bob Baffert / 9 Richard Baltas / 4 Five tied / 3 Saturday • $200000 Grade II Santa Ynez Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs Sunday • $100000 Grade III Las Cienegas Stakes, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 6 1/2 furlongs downhill turf • Under the Stars, coming off a three-length maiden…

As the world continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the racing industry is piecing together a schedule to prepare horses for the delayed Triple Crown. One of the prep races that was postponed because of the pandemic was the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby. Originally scheduled to be run on April 4th, the race is now scheduled to be run…

Two-year-olds. Juveniles. Youngsters. Babies. You get to call them what you want. And you also get to attach your label to eight of them at Del Mar Friday who will match strides at six furlongs in the featured attraction on the eight-race program that has a first post of 3 p.m. The test carries a $50000 purse and is run under starter optional…

The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby features points-paying preps Saturday in both Florida and California. Tampa Bay Downs hosts the Grade 3, $250000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, while the $100000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate. Both races award Derby points on a 10-4-2-1 basis. This is the last Saturday until April 16 that does not feature a Kentucky…

MEET THE MAN WHO RIDES FLIGHTLINE FOR A LIVING You're a true horseman when every time you see a quality horse you wonder'What would it be like to ride him.' The man to answer that question about Flightline, this Saturday's TVG Pacific Classic favorite, is Juan Leyva, assistant trainer to John Sadler and exercise rider for Flightline. "He's not like…

G1 RUNHAPPY FUTURITY, G1 TVG DEBUTANTE BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE The Del Mar racing office has released a list of probables for next weekend's Grade 1 stakes races to decide the champion 2-year-olds of the soon-to-conclude summer meet and set the stage for the run to the Breeders' Cup in November at Keeneland. Six fillies are probable for Saturday's TVG…

Two very different, but very interesting, stakes races will highlight the Sunday Labor Day Weekend card at Del Mar. The first test brings out 3-year-old fillies, seven of them in fact, for the 45th edition of the Torrey Pines Stakes, a Grade III offering that carries a purse of $125000 and goes at a mile on the main track. The second is for…