Current Tag: Kentucky Derby Hopefuls
Hot Rod Charlie sets track record, gets first GII victory in $1M Louisiana Derby
POSTED: March 20, 2021
New Orleans, LA.—Setting a new track record for 1 3/16 of a mile on dirt in 1:55.06, Hot Rod Charlie remained resolute in his effort...
Will Keepmeinmind’s final path to the Kentucky Derby be through the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn or the Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland?
POSTED: March 19, 2021
HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—Trainer Robertino Diodoro said Thursday morning that he’s leaning toward starting Keepmeinmind in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 10 at Oaklawn....
Baffert’s Triple Tap, half brother to American Pharaoh, could be another Derby hopeful
POSTED: March 14, 2021
Tapit colt breaks maiden getting seven panels in 1:23.12 ARCADIA, Calif.—Can Bob Baffert do it again? High expectations naturally follow a man that has saddled...
Baffert gets an exacta and eighth victory in the Rebel with Concert Tour
POSTED: March 14, 2021
Concert Tour (Coady Photography) C Z Rocket denies Whitmore his fifth consecutive victory in Hot Springs Stakes; Longshot Carlos L. wins Temperance Hill HOT SPRINGS,...
Caddo River, Concert Tour clash in $1M Rebel at Oaklawn
POSTED: March 12, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With seven weeks remaining until the first Saturday in May, the action is heating up in the Road to the Kentucky Derby...
Peter Miller Trained, Get Her Number Makes Return In the Rebel
POSTED: March 11, 2021
American Pharoah won the Rebel Stakes in 2015 at Oaklawn. Now, the winner of the 2020 American Pharoah Stakes, Get Her Number, will try to...
Riding with the correct weight, The Big Cap, San Felipe and Tampa Bay Derby
POSTED: March 5, 2021
On this episode of Past the Wire TV Jeff Metz and Jonathan Stettin talk about the recent suspension of Eclipse Award winning apprentice rider Alexander...
The $400,000 Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby
POSTED: March 4, 2021
We have gone full circle, we have lived our lives through the pandemic and we absorbed the 2020 racing calendar like never before, and now...
