'Going Into This Hopeful': White Abarrio Gets Another Shot After Haskell Dud

ARCADIA, Calif. - On a gorgeous Southern California afternoon, a flash of white sped past the Santa Anita Park finish line, as White Abarrio swooped past the field to win the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic. The victory marked a return to high-profile racing for trainer Richard Dutrow Jr., who seven months ago came back after a 10-year ban by New…

ARCADIA, Calif. - The two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships concluded Saturday at Santa Anita Park with nine races, including the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic with Arabian Knight the 3-1 morning line favorite. The Bob Baffert-trained 3-year-old colt began his career nearly a year ago with a 7 1/4-length victory in the opening race on the…

White Abarrio getting in a work at Belmont. (Susie Raisher) Saratoga Race Course Notes SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. will participate in his first Grade 1 at Saratoga since the summer of 2012 when he sends out C Two Racing Stable and Antonio Pagnano's multiple graded-stakes winner White Abarrio in Saturday's $1 million…

C Two Racing Stable and Antonio Pagnano's White Abarrio will look to secure his second career Grade 1 score in Saturday's $300000 Carter Handicap presented by NYRA Bets, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Carter is slated as Race 8 on Saturday's lucrative 11-race program which is closed out by the Grade 2, $750000,…

Gold Square LLC's Cyberknife is scheduled to make the final start of his racing career Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the multiple Grade 1 stakes winner has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat at Sunday's post-position draw. The Pegasus World Cup will…

The Pegasus World Cup was created in 2017 and is held annually in January at Gulfstream Park. It is a Grade I event run on dirt at a distance of one mile and one furlong and is available to horses four years old and up. The Pegasus World Cup was created in 2017 and is held annually in January at Gulfstream Park. It is a Grade I event run on dirt at…

Mind Control after the 2021 G2 John A. Nerud, his most recent win on the NYRA circuit (Susie Raisher) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables' dual Grade 1-winner Mind Control will attempt to go out on top when he takes on a field consisting of three other Grade 1 winners in Saturday's Grade 1,…

Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables' dual Grade 1-winner Mind Control will attempt to go out on top when he takes on a field consisting of three other Grade 1 winners in Saturday's Grade 1, $750000 Cigar Mile Handicap for 3-year-olds and upward at Aqueduct Racetrack. Mind Control, conditioned by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, has garnered seven graded…

A field of seven was drawn for Saturday's $750000 Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct in New York's final Grade 1 of the year. Three-year-old Zandon is expected to be the favorite in his first start against older horses. Twelve 3-year-olds have won this race since its inception as the NYRA Mile in 1988, including Woody Stephen's Forty Niner in the…

The Pennsylvania Derby is the big feature horse race this Saturday at Parx racetrack as a field of 11 do battle in the Grade 1 contest for a purse of a cool $1m. We take a look at who is the Penn Derby favorite, the latest betting and give you our pick on the weekend highlight. Run over 1m 1f and for 3 year-olds, the Pennsylvania Derby is run at…

Cyberknife, shown winning the Arkansas Derby, runs in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. Coady Photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby brings together many of the top U.S. 3-year-olds just hours after a few of the top prospects for next year's European Classics kick off the…

BENSALEM, PA - Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will look to win the $1 million, Grade 1 betPARX Pennsylvania Derby for a record fourth time Saturday when Zedan Racing Stables' Taiba leads a field of 11 3-year-olds in the signature event of the season at Parx Racing. The 1/18-mile Pennsylvania Derby is the 12th race on the 13-race card with a…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Pennsylvania Derby has 11 horses engaged to run in Saturday's $1m Grade One Parx contest, with the likes of Taiba, Cyberknife and Skippylongstocking three of the star names entered. Run over 1m 1f and for 3 year-olds, the Pennsylvania Derby is run at Parx racetrack. ��Date: Saturday…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Pennsylvania Derby build-up is hotting-up by the day and you can watch below what leading trainer Brad Cox has to say about his big entries Cyberknife and Tawny Port. Run over 1m 1f and for 3 year-olds, the Pennsylvania Derby is run at Parx racetrack. ��Date: Saturday September 24,…

Tawny Port schools in the paddock at Churchill Downs Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby drew a strong field of 10 including six who participated in the Kentucky Derby this spring. Among that group, Cyberknife must be mentioned first as he rebounded off an 18th place Derby effort to win both the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes and Grade 1…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Pennsylvania Derby 2022 one of the big US horse racing highlights this Saturday and at this stage we've a possible field of 11 runners chasing the $1m purse at Parx Racing. Two of the leading fancies - Cyberknife and Taiba - are also half-brothers, so who will come out in the battle…

The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Saturday attracted six runners from the Kentucky Derby in field of 11 that includes four Grade 1 winners. The 1 1/8-mile Penn Derby is the final Grade 1 stakes race restricted to 3-year-olds that is run around two turns. The seven-furlong Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita on Dec. 26 is the final…

BENSALEM, Pa.- Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will look to win the $1 million, Grade 1 betPARX Pennsylvania Derby for a record fourth time Saturday when Zedan Racing Stables' Taiba leads a top field of 11 3-year-olds in the signature event of the season at Parx Racing. The 1/18-mile Pennsylvania Derby is the 12th race on the 13-race card that…

BENSALEM, Pa.- Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing. The betPARX Pennsylvania Derby anchors a 10-stakes program that also co-features the Grade 1, $ million Cotillion for 3-year-old…

Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn. The betPARX Pennsylvania Derby anchors a 10-stakes program that also co-features the Grade 1, $ million Cotillion for…

Lucrative purses attract racehorses of quality, who in turn attract more betting, which leads to even higher purses, which attract even better racehorses, who draw larger crowds that create even more handle, which contributes to even higher purses, and so it goes. That's racetrack momentum. A single push can start the ball rolling. And since the…

The 2023 Pennsylvania Derby, to be run Saturday at Parx Racing, features a large group of contenders with one final chance to have a breakthrough victory in the 3-year-old division, while securing a path to the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita in November. Many of the country's top trainers will have runners in the starting gate at the Bensalem,…

There are no shortage of storylines surrounding the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, with Saturday's race serving as a bridge between the Triple Crown and the fall campaign, when championships will be won. In fact, any one of four Haskell entrants could catapult into contention for year-end honors with a big effort in the nine…

The 40 annual Breeders' Cup World Championships will feature some of the world's top thoroughbreds this weekend at Santa Anita Park. Fourteen races are on the Breeders' Cup slate, with five scheduled for Friday (all for 2-year-olds) and nine more Saturday. The $6 million Classic is set for 6:40 p.m. Saturday. Here's a look at 10 of the top horses…