#Grade 2 Fountain of Youth

No less than 10 stakes races, including the first step toward the 2023 Florida Derby, will be held New Year's Eve and New Year's Day at Gulfstream Park this Saturday and Sunday. The New Year's Eve card includes 6 stakes, 5 of them graded, with a strong dose of grass action slated. New Year's Day features the one-mile Mucho Macho Man Stakes for…

A field of eight, led by the Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained pair of O'Connor and Skippylongstocking, are set to do battle in Saturday's Grade 3 Harlan's Holiday at Gulfstream Park The morning line favorite in the 1 1/16-mile test, prep for next month's $3 million Pegasus World Cup, is O'Connor. A Group 1 winner in Chile, the import was impressive in his…

Donegal Racing's Mo Donegal, perfectly piloted by Joel Rosario, arrived in the final strides to capture Saturday's Grade 2, $750000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, a nine-furlong test for sophomores at Aqueduct Racetrack. The victory provided Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher a record-tying seventh win in the Wood Memorial,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 2-year-old champion is back to form, and trainer Chad Brown can exhale a bit before the Kentucky Derby buildup reaches its peak. Good Magic took the lead in the stretch and posted a redeeming 1½-length victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes in front of 14269 fans on a chilly day at Keeneland. Good…

Chad Brown, the undisputed King of American turf racing, holds a strong hand in Saturday's Grade 2 Pennine Ridge at Belmont Park with his pair of 3-year-olds Unanimous Consent and Napoleonic War. Unanimous Consent could go favored on the strength of an unbeaten record in three starts. He comes into the 9 furlong test off a decisive victory in the…

Fresh off a big performance in winning the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes, Epicenter will be the horse they all have to beat when a field of nine Kentucky Derby hopefuls head to the post in Saturday's $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Epicenter has been the top 3-year-old male on the grounds in New Orleans this…

Forbidden Kingdom stamped himself a prime Kentucky Derby contender Saturday with a front-running, 5 ¾-length victory in the $400000, Grade 2 San Felipe at Santa Anita Park. Trained by Richard Mandella and ridden by Juan Hernandez, Forbidden Kingdom covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.98 and paid $4 as the even-money favorite. "I was anxious to see this…