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Knicks Go, seen winning the Grade I Pegasus World Cup in January, is favorite for Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rich purses drew some top foreign talent for the Saratoga Derby and Oaks on Saturday and Sunday on the upstate New York turf to highlight a big weekend of Thoroughbred…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. For new users in Arizona, be sure to look at RotoWire's Arizona Sports Betting page for the latest information, FAQ and welcome offers. Additions through the transfer portal as well as the second year in head coach Jedd Fisch's system have the Arizona Wildcats optimistic for a better 2022…

Two weeks after a Grade 1 win at Saratoga, trainer Christophe Clement is putting the star of his barn back in the starting gates. Gufo (7-5) is morning-line favorite Saturday for the Grade 2, $1 million Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes. Post time from Kentucky Downs is 5:45 p.m., with the race broadcast on both CNBC and FanDuel TV, the network formerly…

Ramon Vazquez / 7 Edwin Maldonado / 5 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 8 Doug O'Neill / 7 Bob Baffert / 6 Peter Miller / 5 George Papaprodromou / 4 Friday • $175000 Real Good Deal Stakes, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 7 furlongs Saturday • $400000 Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles • $150000 California…

The final chance for three-year-old dirt males to vie for Grade 1 glory before turning four and having to face older horses comes Monday, December 26, at Santa Anita. The race covers seven furlongs on the Santa Anita main track, and drew a field of nine horses. As usual for such a late-season three-year-old race, it drew a mix of classy locals and…

Prince Abama was the victor in the Hollywood Turf Cup Nov. 26 at Del Mar. (Benoit Photos) ARCADIA, Calif-Trainer Phil D'Amato, who has become a dominant force on turf while relying heavily on Irish-bred imports, will send out likely post time favorite Prince Abama, a 4-year-old Irish-bred gelding in Monday's Grade II San Gabriel stakes at Santa…

SOUTH BEND - The same transparency that sent fellow quarterback Drew Pyne racing for the transfer portal elicited barely more than a shrug from injured incumbent Tyler Buchner. At least that was Buchner's recollection Sunday when asked how it felt to hear directly from coach Marcus Freeman that Notre Dame would seek quarterback help on the transfer…

Breaking down our PGA Tour expert picks and best bets for the Farmers Insurance Open as Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas and more hit Torrey Pines this week. Torrey Pines will be the setting for the PGA Tour this week as many of the world's best golfers head to La Jolla and the course that hosted the US Open last year for the Farmers Insurance Open. Patrick…

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…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

Here's a closer look at the San Diego Section football championship games that are scheduled for Friday and Saturday: (Lead photo by Joe Bergman) Division 1 Friday, 7:30pm at Southwestern College No. 1 Mission Hills (9-3) vs. No. 3 Mater Dei Catholic (8-4) Top-seeded Mission Hills has quietly flown under the radar during the second half of the…

Gary Barber's Perfect Flight rallied from last under Ricardo Santana Jr. to upset Apprehend and Ramon Vazquez and give trainer Peter Miller a one-two finish in Tuesday's $250000 Zia Park Derby at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M. The Derby was one of seven stakes on the Land of Enchantment Day program with purses totaling $900000 and came one race after…

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…

A field of nine is entered for the Grade 2, $200000 Twilight Derby, a yearly test for 3-year-olds running nine furlongs on turf on Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. The best recent effort at the level belongs to Speaking Scout, victorious in the very similar Hawthorne Derby just four weeks ago run at this nine-furlong turf trip. Go Joe Won…

ARMAGNAC MAKES SWITCH TO GRASS IN G3 LA JOLLA SUNDAY One of the things trainers love about Del Mar, aside from its great weather and being close to the beach, is the opportunity to train horses on the turf. Obviously that's a plus for those conditioners who have established turf horses, but it's especially handy for those trainers who have wondered…

The Kentucky Derby is the second leg of the Triple Crown this year - the Belmont Stakes was held in June - as horse racing's biggest events were shuffled by the novel coronavirus pandemic. That schedule change, among others, allowed the morning-line favorite, Tiz the Law, to earn 372 points on the Derby trail, eclipsing the previous high of 170 set…

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…

As the Open Championships are increasingly being dominated by players in their 20s, it is worth taking a look at next year's events and considering one player from the younger generation who has a chance at causing an upset. In the past two years, the Open Championship has been won by 29-year-old Australian Cameron Smith and 25-year-old US golfer…