Horse Racing: Blue Grass Stakes

We got a thriller at the 2023 Bluegrass Stakes, but the favorite took care of business. Tapit Trice (6/5) edged out Verifying (7/2) in a thrilling finish that saw the two favorites duel all the way to the end. Blazing Sevens finished third after closing with 5/1 odds to win. There was an appeal after Verifying's team thought Tapit Trice got too…

After a solid juvenile campaign in which he won twice, led by a sloppy edition of the Grade 1 Champagne, the son of Good Magic did absolutely nothing in his 3-year-old debut. Trained by Chad Brown and to be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., he is eligible to bounce back off the poor effort in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth, but it's tough to go from an…

Boosted by two multiple-win race days, Tyler Gaffalione recorded 21 victories to secure his second consecutive Keeneland spring meet riding title and fifth overall. Gaffalione won four races April 21 and three races April 12. He also took the Shakertown Stakes (G2) with Caravel and the Palisades Stakes aboard Gaslight Dancer. Luis Saez won 18 races…

Here Mi Song claimed the Commonwealth, Papilio rallied to take the Appalachian, Goodnight Olive shined in the Madison and Caravel triumphed in the Shakertown ahead of Tapit Trice's victory in the Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland. Here's how the second day of the Spring Meet unfolded before Keeneland's Kentucky Derby prep race. Here Mi…

Todd Pletcher can break the record for wins in the Blue Grass Stakes by a trainer when he sends out the favored Tapit Trice in the 2023 Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. The 55-year-old Pletcher has won the Blue Grass three times, which is tied with four trainers for the most ever. On Saturday he goes for Blue…

Trainer Todd Pletcher, who won last weekend's Florida Derby with Forte, and two weeks ago took the Louisiana Derby with Kingsbarns, can become the first conditioner to win the Blue Grass four times. He saddles Tapit Trice. Let's look at some top Blue Grass Stakes hopefuls. Odds as of April 7 Racing at Tampa Bay Downs has never been regarded as the…

This Saturday's featured Kentucky Derby prep race at Keeneland is the Blue Grass Stakes. Open to three-year-old thoroughbreds, the Blue Grass has 11 entries, led by Tapit Trice at 5-2 odds. The prize purse is $1 million, and the Grade 1 stakes race is 1 1/8 miles on dirt. Breaking down the top five horses for this race on the morning line odds, I…