Tag: Withers

In the days leading up to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, usracing.com will profile the horses in the race set for Jan. 23. The profiles …

By Richard Rosenblatt Once again, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is on the cusp of setting another remarkable record in horse racing – should he win the $1 million Preakness (G1) for the eighth …

Preakness Odds: Baffert Aims for Record with Derby winner Authentic, Thousand Words By Richard Rosenblatt Once again, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is on the cusp of setting another remarkable record in horse racing …

By Ed McNamara You never know where the Kentucky Derby winner is going to come from, especially when it’s only the first Saturday in February. Three Grade 3 stakes for Triple Crown hopefuls will be …

MMG Stable’s El Areeb proved himself anything but a one-race wonder Saturday with an impressive 4 ¼-length romp in the $250,000 Withers Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct. Under regular jockey Trevor McCarthy, the Cathal Lynch trainee …

On Saturday, races in California, New York and Florida will be run for Road-to-the-Kentucky-Derby points. The winners of each race will be awarded ten points in the fifth year of the newest qualification system that …

The Withers Stakes (GIII), which will be contested over Aqueduct’s inner track on Saturday, is one of the oldest stakes for 3-year-olds contested in the country. Since it was first run in 1899 and won …

By Derek Simon The last time the winner of the Withers — scheduled to be run for the 141st time at Aqueduct on Saturday — went on to capture the Kentucky Derby, a world war …