Dunbar Road Leads Field of Eight for Delaware Handicap

Peter Brant's Dunbar Road leads a field of eight set for the $400,000 Delaware Handicap (G2) Saturday at Delaware Park. The event for fillies and mares will cover a distance of 1 1/8 miles for the first time in its history, traditionally being...

Shared Sense Beats Major Fed in Indiana Derby; Shedaresthedevil Takes Indiana Oaks

Godolphin's Shared Sense ran strongly on Wednesday to take his first career stakes victory at Indiana Grand. He finished three lengths ahead of Major Fed in the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3). With the victory, Shared Sense was awarded 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, pushing him closer to qualifying for the race. He will need his connection to supplement him for $45,000. Shared Sense, not an original nominee to the Triple Crown, came into the Indiana Derby as the favorite...  Read More

Keeneland Set for Stacked Five-Day Meet

Keeneland is set to make headlines with a five-day meet between Wednesday to Sunday, one of which will have 10 graded stakes. The increase in stakes races is a result of the cancellation of the track's spring meet in April, due to the forced closure from the COVID-19 pandemic. The five-day meet will have no fans, but there will be top-class horses participating, especially during the last three days. Race Cards Wednesday and Thursday's cards will be highlighted by allowance races,...  Read More

Charlatan, Gamine's Split Samples Come Back Positive

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's 3-year-old colt Charlatan and 3-year-old filly Gamine's split samples have come back, and they match the failed post-race drug tests that the pair faced this year. Those tests came on the Arkansas Derby Day card at Oaklawn Park. Charlatan scored one of the divisions of the Arkansas Derby (G1), while Gamine took an allowance race on the same May 2 card. According to Bob Baffert on Monday, he will contest the findings for lidocaine in both of the...  Read More