#Western River

The 2022 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga offers a purse of $600000. It is the premier local prep for the Travers Stakes (G1), The Spa's flagship race for three-year-old dirt routers. Though the 2022 Jim Dandy only drew a field of five horses, the group is long on talent. The second- and third-place finishers in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Epicenter…

Abel Cedillo / 37 Diego Herrera / 33 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 47 Doug O'Neill / 36 John Sadler / 30 Bob Baffert / 27 Mark Glatt / 26 Saturday • $150000 Snow Chief Stakes, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 1 1/8 miles (turf) • $150000 Melair Stakes, 3-year-old fillies bred in CA, 1 1/16 miles • $100000 Crystal Water Stakes, 3-year-olds and up bred in…

The horse racing world is eagerly anticipating the 2022 Breeders' Cup, which will be held at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., on Friday and Saturday. But before that happens, horseplayers can pad their bankroll at Louisville's Churchill Downs on Wednesday afternoon, as there is a 10-race card in store. I discuss my five favorite heats below. Best…

BENSALEM, Pa.- Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing. The betPARX Pennsylvania Derby anchors a 10-stakes program that also co-features the Grade 1, $ million Cotillion for 3-year-old…

Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn. The betPARX Pennsylvania Derby anchors a 10-stakes program that also co-features the Grade 1, $ million Cotillion for…

Multi-platinum entertainer Trace Adkins visited Kentucky Downs for the first time on Labor Day and gave the one-of-a-kind racetrack in Franklin a thumbs up. Adkins was on hand as the Official Music Ambassador for the 2022 FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs, with the award-winning, Grand Ole Opry member autographing the guitars that serve as trophies…

Kitodan, claimed for $80000 just four starts ago, flew home from out of the clouds to pull the 20-1 upset in the GIII Dueling Grounds Derby on Kentucky Downs's rescheduled card Monday. The bay colt settled near the back of the 12-horse field and was well off the pace as Double Clutch (Optimizer) bowled along on the front end through pedestrian…

On a two-race winning streak, the Chad Brown-trained Electability could wind up favored in a wide open edition of the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes, as eight sophomores look to punch their ticket to the Belmont Stakes in four weeks. A son of Quality Road, he finished out of the money in his lone start as a juvenile, which came on the grass, but has been…