#Jaime Rodriguez

As Keeneland prepares to host the 2022 Breeders' Cup in two weeks, the Lexington, Ky., track continues its October meet Saturday with a graded stakes for filly sprinters. Smash Ticket (5-2) is morning-line favorite for the Grade 2, $350000 Raven Run Stakes. Post time from Keeneland is 5:16 p.m., with FanDuel TV to broadcast the seven-furlong sprint…

Delaware Park has a strong card on Saturday that includes a bevy of stakes, including the G3 Robert Dick Memorial and the G2 Delaware Handicap. Picks to follow with some well-timed analysis... Race 1: 5-4-7-2 Race 2: 6-3-7-5 Race 3: 5-2-7-1 Race 4: 8-4-3-7 Race 5: 1-2-7-5 Race 6: 8-10-6-4 Race 7: 6-4-7-5 Race 8: 11-7-3-8 **Most Likely: Bad To The…

Aaron Sones' Ethereal Road became a stakes winner in grand style Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course, making a bold sweeping move on the far outside to circle the field and capture the $100000 Sir Barton by 4 3/4 lengths. The 24th running of the 1 1/16-mile Sir Barton for 3-year-olds was the seventh of 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.75…

Flightline wins his third straight race in style in Sunday's Grade 1 Malibu at Santa Anita. Benoit photo, courtesy of Santa Anita Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Epicenter entered the Kentucky Derby picture with a handy win Sunday at Fair Grounds while a sparkling Opening Day program at Santa Anita featured a dazzling performance by budding superstar…

Messier wins Sunday's Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar for trainer Bob Baffert. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Nov. 15, 2021 Trainer Bob Baffert saddled the winners of both 2-year-old races at Del Mar, Bell's the One was a popular winner at Churchill Downs, while Mandate scored a big upset at Aqueduct in highlights of weekend horse…

There's more than just the Preakness Stakes horses to bet on for Saturday's races. The Late Pick 5 at Pimlico on Preakness Day includes a quintet of stakes races, beginning with the Chick Lang S. (G3) in Race 9 and concluding with the $1.65 million Preakness S. (G1) in Race 13. Below we examine the top contenders in races 9-13 and build a few Pick…

When racing resumes Wednesday at Delaware Park, jockey Jaime Rodriguez will arrive on an unusual and impressive streak. The rider, in the midst of the best season of his career, has won his last seven starts at Delaware. That has helped to push him to 90 wins at the meet and give him a preposterously long lead in the race for the riding title; his…