Sam F. Davis: Make It Big Seeks to Remain Unbeaten on Derby Trail

5-1 Tapit Trice is the favorite heading into the 149th Kentucky Derby and starting in the fifth post while 8-1 Angel of Empire is in post No. 14. Fountain of Youth Stakes and Florida Derby winner Forte was the initial favorite and was scheduled to break from the No. 15 post but was scratched from the race Saturday morning. The 2023 Kentucky Derby…

The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Forte, trained by Todd Fletcher, opened as the 3-1 morning-line favorite leaving from the 15 post after Derby post positions were released Monday. Tapit Trice has the second-shortest odds at 5-1 from the No. 5 post while Angel of Empire…

Last weekend featured four Kentucky Derby 2023 preps running from coast to coast. Tampa Bay Downs gets the Derby trail spotlight on itself this week. Tapit Trice is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the Grade 3, $400000 Tampa Bay Derby. Post time from Tampa Bay is 5:15 p.m. EST, with FanDuel TV showing the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds. The…

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher is set to seek his sixth victory in the Grade III, $400000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday in the 43 edition of the 3-year-old showcase at Tampa Bay Downs. Pletcher, who last won the race in 2017 with Tapwrit, has entered two horses in the mile-and-a-sixteenth "Road to the Kentucky Derby" prep race:…

Second last time to the highly regarded and unbeaten Smile Happy in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club, Classic Causeway will look to begin his three-year-old season with his first stakes victory when he tops a deep lineup in Saturday's $250000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. A son of Giant's Causeway, Classic Causeway was an impressive…

1ST RACE - 5 1/2 furlongs, Turf, 2YO, State-bred, Maiden Special Weight. Purse: $88000. No.

Tawny Port, White Abarrio and Classic Causeway, who all contested the Kentucky Derby last out, top a strong field of eight sophomore males entered in Saturday's $500000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown. A winner of the Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland two starts back, Tawny Port has been named the morning line favorite in the 9 furlong test. In the…

Stats, works, videos and more! A field of eight super talented 3-year-old colts will compete Saturday, June 25, in the 2022 G3 Ohio Derby held at JackThistledown for a purse of $500000. The marquee event is the closer on an 11-race card. With a first post of 12 PM ET, the Ohio Derby will post at 5:35 PM ET. With G3 Stonestreet Lexington winner…

2. Skippylongstocking (20-1) Trainer: Saffie Joseph Jr. Jockey: Manny Franco 3. Nest (8-1) Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Jose Ortiz 4. Rich Strike (7-2) Trainer: Eric Reed Jockey: Sonny Leon 5. Creative Minister (6-1) Trainer: Ken McPeek Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr. 6. Mo Donegal (7-2) Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. 7. Golden Glider…

It's time for the final leg of horse racing's triple crown this weekend, as the Belmont Stakes, and one thing for sure is there will be no payday like we had in the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago. As usual, this is the smallest field of the three races with only eight horses scheduled to come out of the gate in Elmont, N.Y., on Saturday afternoon at…

According to Churchill Downs' Mike Battaglia's opening odds, thoroughbred contender Cyberknife is a 20-1 shot for Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Even if he doesn't win, his owner deserves a bouquet of roses or at least a glass of champagne. You see, Al Gold had more important things on his mind when he named his Chestnut colt. The prostate cancer he…

The principal action for Kentucky Derby 148 occurred more than 2000 miles west of Churchill Downs Thursday morning as Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner Taiba worked six furlongs in 1:12.80. "It was very straight forward," trainer Tim Yakteen said. "He worked three-quarters from the five-eighth pole. It was a typical Taiba work and we accomplished what…

C2 Racing Stable LLC and La Milagrosa Stable LLC's White Abarrio punched his ticket for Louisville, Ky. Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the gray son of Race Day took the lead in the stretch and held off Charge It to capture the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1). "It means the world to me. The Florida Derby is up there with the Kentucky Derby…

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-With no heavy favorite, the GI Curlin Florida Derby looked like it would likely go one of four ways on paper. The three winners of the four Florida-based GI Kentucky Derby preps- Simplification (Not This Time), White Abarrio (Race Day) and Classic Causeway (Giant's Causeway)-were 2-1, 5-2 and 7-2, respectively, and' TDN Rising…

The Race to the KY Derby Is On: A Look at the Various Roadtrips (Secret Oath / Photo by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Kentucky Derby fans across the world will be eyeing Hot Springs, Ark. on Saturday as outstanding 3-year-old filly Secret Oath, trained by 86-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, will take on the boys…

A full field of twelve 3-year-olds, headed by the decisive winner of the local Sam F. Davis Stakes, Classic Causeway, will battle it out on the Kentucky Derby trail when they meet in the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. A very impressive debut winner at Saratoga, Classic Causeway was bumped right up into graded stakes racing…

The fourth of five pools for the Kentucky Derby Future Wager ("KDFW") is set for its three-day stand Friday-Sunday with MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm's recent $400000 San Felipe (Grade 2) winner Forbidden Kingdom tabbed by veteran morning line oddsmaker Mike Battaglia as the 5-1 favorite in the field of 24 betting interests. Pool 4 of the KDFW…

The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby features points-paying preps Saturday in both Florida and California. Tampa Bay Downs hosts the Grade 3, $250000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, while the $100000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate. Both races award Derby points on a 10-4-2-1 basis. This is the last Saturday until April 16 that does not feature a Kentucky…

Abel Cedillo / 15 Tyler Baze / 10 TRAINERS / WINS Bob Baffert / 20 Philip D'Amato / 15 Doug O'Neill / 13 Mark Glatt / 10 Two tied / 9 Saturday • $100000 Grade III Sweet Life Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 6 1/2 furlongs downhill turf course • Trainer Bob Baffert is not sure if Corniche, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall at Del Mar, can…

The Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby will continue taking shape Saturday with preps in New York and Florida. Aqueduct hosts the Grade 3, $250000 Withers Stakes at 1 1/8 miles, while Gulfstream Park's featured event is the $250000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3), running 1 1/16 miles. Both races award Derby points on a 10-4-2-1 basis. Visit Horse Racing…

Phoenix Thoroughbreds' $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (Grade 1) runner-up Tiz the Bomb was tabbed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in Saturday's 95th running of the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club, the featured event on Saturday's "Stars of Tomorrow II" program at Churchill Downs. Trained by two-time Kentucky Jockey Club-winning conditioner Kenny…

The Road to the Kentucky Derby resumes Saturday from Churchill Downs where Albaugh Family Stables' undefeated colt Howling Time, the winner of the $200000 Street Sense four weeks ago, tops an ultra-competitive cast of 14 colts and geldings that entered the $400000 Kentucky Jockey Club (Grade 2). The 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Jockey Club will award…

Last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Knicks Go is the early favorite at 5-2 for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Jan. 23 (NBC, 4:30-6 p.m. ET). He is trained by Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer finalist Brad Cox and will be ridden by Joel Rosario, a finalist for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding…

A full weekend of horse racing includes 10 Breeders' Cup prep races where the winner earns an all-fees paid trip to the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita Park outside Los Angeles. The 2019 Breeders' Cup Challenge series consists of 86 horse races that provide the respective winners with an automatic "Win and You're In" Berth…

Rich Strike, the long shot winner of the Kentucky Derby, will make his triumphant return to the track Saturday in New York for the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes. Post time is scheduled for 6:49 p.m. ET and the race will be televised on NBC. While horse racing's Triple Crown is out of the picture, there's plenty of intrigue in Rich Strike's…