Third Time’s a Charm for C Z Rocket in Sprint

Aaron previews the 2023 Vosburgh Stakes (G2) from Belmont at the Big A, then gives his top picks & long shots from this "Win & You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Did you know active subscribers receive our Betting Bibles absolutely FREE? Subscribe today and be the first to receive our upcoming MONSTER 2023 Breeders' Cup Betting…

Gunite won the 2023 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, topping familiar foe Elite Power in a rematch of the Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) over the same course. This was Elite Power's 1st defeat in his past 9 starts, a run dating back to May 2022. Winchell Thoroughbreds' Kentucky homebred Gunite, nailed at the wire by the reigning Champion Male Sprinter…

Echo Zulu outdueled the reigning champion female sprinter Goodnight Olive and drew off to a 2 1/2-length score in Saturday's Grade 1, $500000 Ballerina Handicap, a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares, at Saratoga. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, owned by L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds and piloted by Florent Geroux, the…

Del Mar Stable Notes by Jim Charvat DEL MAR, Calif.- Trainer Brian Koriner reached a career milestone on Thursday at Del Mar when his 2-year-old Vronsky filly Diamond Bar Gal got up to win under jockey Juan Hernandez in the second race. It was victory number 1000 for the 57-year-old conditioner who's been training Thoroughbreds since 1988. "It's…

BRIAN KORINER REACHES CAREER WIN #1000 AT DEL MAR THURSDAY Trainer Brian Koriner reached a career milestone on Thursday at Del Mar when his horse Diamond Bar Gal got up to win under jockey Juan Hernandez in the second race. It was victory number 1000 for the 57-year-old conditioner who's been training Thoroughbreds since 1988. "It's nice to get it…

G1 Jaipur Stakes Preview: Caravel Is Back (Caravel / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the NYRA Media Team: Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel and Madaket Stables' reigning Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Caravel will again face males as part of an overflow field in Saturday's Grade 1, $400000 Jaipur, a six-furlong Widener turf sprint for…

For the second Saturday in a row, trainer D. Wayne Lukas aims to win a two-turn graded-stakes race at Oaklawn. Last Samurai is the 5-2 morning line favorite for the Grade 3, $500000 Essex Handicap. Post time from Hot Springs, Ark., is 5:54 p.m. EDT, with FanDuel TV covering the 1 1/16-mile race for runners aged 4 and up. Lukas trains during winter…

Tejano Twist races Jan. 6 at Oaklawn. Tejano Twist is the favorite in today's Grade 3 $200000 Whitmore Stakes. - Photo courtesy of Coady Photography In its third century of existence, Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort -- what the track on Central Avenue in Hot Springs is now called -- has enough stories to sustain an historian. The track today offers…

Arabian Knight, under John Velazquez, wins the Grade 3 $750000 Southwest Stakes Saturday at Oaklawn. - Photo courtesy of Coady Photography Three of horse racing's high priests were represented by Oaklawn stakes winners Saturday. Not really surprising, that, although the estimated 27000 spectators needed umbrellas. Quoting Lennon and McCartney from…

Flash of Mischief wins the $150000 Ring the Bell Stakes on Dec. 10, 2022, at Oaklawn. Flash of Mischief is entered in today's $150000 King Cotton Stakes. - Photo courtesy of Coady Photography Oaklawn renews a race today that did not flesh out his legend but called Whitmore to mind in another way. The $150000 King Cotton is the Hot Springs sprint…

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…

LEXINGTON, Ky.-After two full days of world-class racing the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships concluded on Saturday with the stunning finish of Flighline in the Classic. "We came. We saw and we conquered." In a nutshell, exercise rider and assistant trainer Juan Leyva summed up two weeks in Kentucky for Flightline, who on Saturday delivered…

The biggest obstacle Elite Power kept encountering from the time he was a juvenile to the time he began his competitive career was the fact that he couldn't figure out how to stop being his own worst enemy. His immature mind and strong will would cause his physical progression to be delayed. And while he had all the advantages that come with his…

Ce Ce in her workout. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes/Edited LEXINGTON, Ky.-Last year, Bo Hirsch's Ce Ce played the spoiler at 6-1 when she denied defending Filly & Mare Sprint champion Gamine the repeat victory in the 7f race. This time around, it is the 6yo Exclusive Quality mare that will have the bullseye on her back as she looks to join…

Looking for a live longshot on Breeders' Cup Saturday? You could do worse than picking C Z Rocket, 30-1 on the morning line, to finish in the money in the $2 million Sprint at Keeneland. Before you go and dismiss the 8-year-old gelded son of City Zip, consider this: He lost the Grade II Santa Anita Sprint Championship by a heartbreaking nose to…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Godolphin Stable's Kentucky homebred Cody's Wish spoiled reigning Champion Male Sprinter Jackie's Warrior's unblemished record at Saratoga Race Course when he collared his pacesetting rival in deep stretch to score his first Grade 1 win in Saturday's $600000 Forego, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses over the main…

Godolphin Stable's Kentucky homebred Cody's Wish spoiled reigning Champion Male Sprinter Jackie's Warrior's unblemished record at Saratoga Race Course when he collared his pacesetting rival in deep stretch to score his first Grade 1 win in Saturday's $600000 Forego, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses over the main track. Trained by Hall of…

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen's Jackie's Warrior is the 6-5 morning-line favorite to win today's Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs.(AP/Charlie Riedel) HOT SPRINGS -- Another champion has emerged as this racetrack's sprint favorite. Jackie's Warrior, the 2021 Eclipse Award champion male sprinter, is the…

Knicks Go is the early favorite at 5-2 to win today's Breeders' Cup $6 Million Classic at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Calif.(AP/Jae C. Hong) Rick Lee's Breeders' Cup selections and analysis LEE'S LOCK Gamine in the fourth BEST BET Jackie's Warrior in the eighth LONG SHOT Lieutenant Dan in the fifth 4 Filly and Mare Sprint. Purse $1 million, 7…

Ron and Laura Moquett left their Hot Springs, Ark., home at night in late January and headed the short distance to Oaklawn Park. Their destination: the barn of newly crowned Eclipse sprint champion Whitmore, who had been given the award that evening. "You're the best," Ron told the gelding, who had earned the award after a thrilling performance in…

The Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Kentucky this weekend, and fans will get a look at some of the top thoroughbreds from the United States and abroad. Keeneland will be hosting the Breeders' Cup for the third time after the event made its debut at the track in 2015 and returned in 2020. There are 14 races on the Breeders' Cup slate,…