Grade 2 hero SMOOTH AIR (Smooth Jazz) couldn't gain ground on favored Big Brown (Boundary) in the stretch of Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, but the bay colt performed well enough to stamp his ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 3. read more

Beat the favorite? This may be the spot Big Brown, officially anointed horse-of-the moment after two starts, both lengthy victories six months apart on different surfaces and in soft spots, is the overnight favorite to win the Grade I Florida Derby on Saturday at Gulfstream despite having drawn the outside...

Hutcheson S. (G2) winner SMOOTH AIR (Smooth Jazz) will make his next start in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on March 29, according to trainer Bennie Stutts Jr. The bay colt most recently finished a close third in the Sam F. Davis S. on February 16 at Tampa Bay Downs. Smooth Air worked one mile in...