Lady’s Picks
Twelve To Contest Tampa Bay Derby On Saturday
March 6, 2020 | LATT StaffSam F. Davis Winner Sole Volante Is Early Favorite Tampa Bay Downs Press Release A field of 12 3-year-olds headed by Sole Volante will compete for the winner’s share of a $400,000 purse in the 40 th edition of the Grade II Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. The […]
New York Derby Preps Shift Into Gear With Saturday’s Gotham
March 6, 2020 | Margaret RansomEleven Will Race A Mile In Wood Memorial Prep By Margaret Ransom Cash is King and LC Racing’s Mischevious Alex seven-length Swale Stakes winner was labeled the tepid 3-1 favorite in Saturday’s $300,000 Gotham Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct. The son of Into Mischief will face a field of ten other sophomores in the […]
Road To The 2020 Kentucky Derby/Kentucky Oaks Races – FINAL
March 2, 2020 | LATT StaffKentucky Derby 2020 Prep Races & Results: The 146th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) will be run Saturday, September 5, 2020, and again this year the field of 20 who will line up and race the 1 1/4 miles at Churchill Downs will be decided by a […]
Road To The Derby Points Leaders 2020
March 2, 2020 | LATT StaffFollowing is a list of the current points leaders for the 2019-20 Road to the Kentucky Derby, which will be held this year on September 5, 2020. European and Japan Road to the Derby guarantees a single spot each in the Kentucky Derby starting gate for the leading point earner in each division. Click on […]
Risen Star Split, Draws Talented Fields For Both Divisions
February 13, 2020 | Margaret RansomWell-Bred Tapit Colt Is Early Favorite In First Division By Margaret Ransom Last month’s Lecomte Stakes (GIII) winner Enforceable and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) runner-up Anneau d’Or the two divisions of Saturday’s Risen Star (GII), presented by Lamarque Ford-Lincoln at Fair Grounds. Both divisions drew nearly full and talented fields of sophomores whose connections […]
Rachel Alexandra Stakes, Worth 50 Kentucky Oaks Points, Attracts Seven
February 13, 2020 | Margaret RansomLouisiana-Based Fillies Take Next Step Toward Kentucky Oaks By Margaret Ransom Seven talented fillies whose connections are no doubt eyeing the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) will race 1 1/16 miles in the $300,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds on Saturday. Champion and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) fillies heroine British Idiom will […]
Bricks And Mortar Is 2019’s Horse Of The Year
January 24, 2020 | LATT StaffNow Retired Star Also Picks Up Champion Turf Male Award, Connections Win Big By LATT Staff Klaravich Stables’ Breeders’ Cup Turf (GIT) hero Bricks and Mortar took home the Horse of the Year Trophy at the 49th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony held January 23rd at Gulfstream Park. The 6-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway was […]
Pegasus World Cup Down To Ten As Omaha Beach, Spun To Run Will Scratch
January 22, 2020 | Kaeli Bartholomew**UPDATED 10/23/20 Formidable Foes Take Aim At Retiring Favorite By Kaeli Bartholomew The Pegasus World Cup (G1) has been an exciting addition to the sport of horse racing since its inaugural running in 2017 as the race has attracted the best horses in the world with its large purse and prestigious reputation. The Gulfstream […]
Mucho Gusto Ready For Big Performance In Pegasus World Cup
January 22, 2020 | Kaeli BartholomewLate Addition May Prove A Formidable Foe By Kaeli Bartholomew Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was so confident with how Mucho Gusto was training that he decided he Mucho Macho Man colt would be a fierce contender in Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park. He should know, he trained the race’s […]
Omaha Beach Set To Close Out Career In Pegasus World Cup
January 21, 2020 | Kaeli BartholomewWar Front Colt Closes Curtain On A Career Filled With “What Ifs” By Kaeli Bartholomew It has been more than eight months since the announcement that Omaha Beach was being scratched from the Kentucky Derby sent a wave of shock through the horse racing community. Many believed that he would be the one to wear […]