Big Brown is a breeze closer the Kentucky Derby after a five-furlong move Friday in 1:00.60 at Palm Meadows training center, his second work since a win in the Florida Derby. “It was just what I was looking for. It was basic…nothing special,” said trainer Rick Dutrow. “We don’t need to squeeze the lemon...

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...

Chernobyl's Hero made his nineteenth start in the Aqueduct nightcap on Thursday, another attempt to escape the state-bred entry-level allowance condition, another opportunity to earn some money for Russian children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Since the beginning of the four...