Author: Richard Rosenblatt

By Richard Rosenblatt Essential Quality has won ‘em all so far, and so it’s no surprise horse racing’s rising star is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs …

By Ed McNamara Todd Pletcher and Brad Cox each has trained multiple winners of the Kentucky Oaks, and they have two of the top three morning-line favorites for Friday’s 147th running of the 3-year-old fillies’ …

By Richard Rosenblatt It’s opening night at Churchill Downs on Saturday – one week before the Kentucky Derby – as the racing world begins the final countdown to the Run for the Roses on May …

Letruska Upsets Champions Monomoy Girl, Swiss Skydiver In Apple Blossom By Richard Rosenblatt Hello, Letruska. We know you now! In a thrilling stretch duel featuring two-time champion Monomoy Girl and the sort-of-overlooked Letruska, the final …

By Richard Rosenblatt   The last time these two champions met, it was no contest in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Preakness (G1) winner Swiss Skydiver stumbled at the start, and lost all chance of …

Seems hard to believe, but the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1) is three weeks away. Since the 146th Derby was run in September instead of its traditional date on the first Saturday in May due to …

By Richard Rosenblatt Calling all Kentucky Derby contenders! This is it. The Arkansas Derby (G1). A last big chance to collect enough qualifying points to get into a 20-horse maximum field and Run for the …

By Richard Rosenblatt Concert Tour brings his front-running show back to Oaklawn Park on Saturday for the final big-point prep race before the Kentucky Derby, the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1). The last time Hall …

By Richard Rosenblatt Concert Tour brings his front-running show back to Oaklawn Park on Saturday for the final big-point prep race before the Kentucky Derby, the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1). The last time Hall …

By Richard Rosenblatt A big upset in the Wood Memorial put trainer Todd Pletcher front and center for the Kentucky Derby, while Essential Quality firmly established his role as the favorite in the Run for …

By Richard Rosenblatt For those about to take the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks plunge, you’ll need to block out just over two hours on Saturday – from 5:09 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. ET — …

By Richard Rosenblatt and Ed McNamara Essential Quality, Medina Spirit and 26 other 3-year-olds will be off and running Saturday in a trifecta of Kentucky Derby prep races with ‘win-or-run-second-and-you’re-in’ implications. The star of the …

By Richard Rosenblatt The field for the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby is coming into focus, and it looks like two Hall of Fame trainers, and another who’s a lock to be voted in …

By Richard Rosenblatt Trainer Todd Pletcher will be back in the Kentucky Derby. Was there ever any doubt? Needing some of his 3-year-olds to come through on a big Saturday of Derby points qualifiers, Pletcher’s …

By Richard Rosenblatt At $675,000, American Heiress may turn out to be a bargain. We’ll begin to find out a little more on Saturday, when this daughter of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah makes her long …