Tag: Florida Derby

By Richard Rosenblatt Without a Triple Crown on the line, Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law will skip the Preakness on Oct. 3 and train up to the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland …

By Ed McNamara When writing about the distant past, a favorite phrase of historians is “We really don’t know.” Amid a worldwide pandemic, that also applies to the immediate future. All we know now is …

By Ed McNamara When writing about the distant past, a favorite phrase of historians is “We really don’t know.” Amid a worldwide pandemic, that also applies to the immediate future. All we know now is …

By US Racing Team Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano says he’s tested positive for the coronavirus and is following doctor’s orders to stay in self-quarantine for the next 14 days. Castellano, a four-time Eclipse …

By Mike Farrell “Records are made to be broken” is one of the oldest clichés in sports. That’s certainly the case in thoroughbred purse earnings. Maximum Security banked a cool $10 million, the largest winner’s …

By Richard Rosenblatt When the starting gate sprung open, and Ete Indien shot to the lead from the outside post under jockey Florent Geroux, there was little doubt about who would win the $400,000 Fountain …

By US Racing Team Buck Thornburg, a popular jockey who rode more than 3,400 winners over nearly four decades, has died, his family said on Monday. Thornburg, who won the 1980 Florida Derby (G1) and …

A perfect break from the gate ended up dictating the terms of the race. Maximum Security kept his undefeated record intact, going gate-to-wire under jockey Luis Saez in the Xpressbet Florida Derby (G1), earning 100 …

This year marks the 68th running of the Florida Derby (GI), the Sunshine State’s last major prep for the Kentucky Derby (GI) in five weeks at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong race offers a purse of …

China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and WinStar Farm’s Audible on Saturday silenced any doubters as to whether he was Florida’s leading candidate for the Kentucky Derby (GI) with his three-length victory in the $1 …

In the past 25 years, no prep race has produced more Kentucky Derby winners than the Florida Derby. Seven out of the last twenty-five to be exact. Last year’s Florida Derby winner Nyquist went on …

In the weeks leading up to the Florida Derby (G1) trainer Todd Pletcher made no secret about how high he was on Kentucky Derby prospect Always Dreaming. He told just about anyone who’d listen he’d …

Grade 1 $1,000,000 Xpressbet.com Florida Derby Gulfstream Park, April 1, 2017 Trainer Todd Pletcher (trainer, Always Dreaming, 1st) “I think the whole program really helped today. We brought him along gradually, opted for the allowance …

Brooklyn Boys, Teresa and Vinnie Viola, Siena Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds and St. Elias Stable’s Always Dreaming went from Kentucky Derby (GI) outsider to legit contender in one fell swoop on Saturday with his impressive …

The first thing I noticed about the Florida Derby when I sat down to analyze the race was that the field, well, wasn’t great. Off of his impressive win in the Fountain of Youth Stakes …