Tag: Mike Smith

A field of just five will line up and race the classic distance of 1 ¼ miles in Saturday’s $750,000 Delaware Handicap (GI) at Delaware Park, a rare handicap for distaffers, and all eyes will …

What’s left to say about Fox Hill Farm’s Songbird that hasn’t been said already? Just like the champion she is, the daughter of Medaglia d’Oro rises to every challenge and Saturday was no exception as …

Seven months after suffering her first defeat by a short nose to the great mare Beholder in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (GI), two-time champion Songbird returned to the races brilliantly, cruising to a deceivingly easy …

Grade 3 $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes Belmont Park, May 13  Chad Brown (trainer, Timeline, 1st) “The horse ran great. There was a little anxious moment on the turn there. I couldn’t really see if he …

China Horse Club and Clearsky Farm’s Abel Tasman on Friday unleashed an impressive last-to-first performance over a main Churchill Downs track that can be best described as a quagmire to win the $1 million Kentucky …

Juddmonte Farms’ Dubai World Cup (GI) winner Arrogate arrived safely back at trainer Bob Baffert’s Santa Anita Park base on Saturday after a 20,000-mile round trip to the Middle East and 48 hours of quarantine …

Any thought that Shotgun Kowboy would get an uncontested lead in the Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park Saturday was quickly dashed by jockey Mike Smith aboard 1-2 race favorite Mor Spirit. Smith and his mount, …

As fun as it is to predict which horse will win the 2017 Kentucky Derby, it is just as fun (to me anyway) to guess which jockey will win the Run for the Roses. Obviously, …

I said it the day I was asked to cover the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Distaff: this is going to be one for the ages, an epic race that will likely be one of the most …

The heat couldn’t stop her. The humidity couldn’t stop her. Carina Mia, despite her best efforts, couldn’t stop her. Not even the Graveyard of Champions could stop her. Songbird came to the East; she saw; …

Of all the great mysteries in the world — the origin of the stone statues on Easter Island, the existence/location of the Holy Grail, the person(s) responsible for letting the dogs out — few have …

Veteran trainer Clifford Sise Jr. has been a staple on the Southern California racing scene for the better part of four decades and while he’s trained some good runners, including Grade I-winning sprinter Idiot Proof, …

Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the final round of Kentucky Derby preps, including the Lexington Stakes and Arkansas Derby, and chats with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who gives his thoughts on …

Danzing Candy was the “buzz” horse the week before Santa Anita’s San Felipe Stakes. He is a brilliant son of the brilliant Twirling Candy, how could he not be? He is a tall, dark and …