Winchell Thoroughbreds' homebred PYRO (Pulpit) confirmed his status as a leading Kentucky Derby (G1) contender with a decisive, three-length tally in Saturday's $600,000 Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. read more

Pyro rolls on; Visionaire may be on the way It was what is known as an “Aqueduct day.” The early races were run behind a curtain of fog that enveloped horses until they reached the sixteenth pole, at which point they emerged, still ghostly. Gusting winds, driving heavy rain sideways, dispersed the cloud...

Regardless of what nugget of insight might be extracted from the weekend races for three-year-old prospective starters in the Kentucky Derby – we tend to expect more than we actually find in many of these -- there is the season’s first opportunity to evaluate two promising colts who will be making their...