Saturday's Arkansas Derby (G2) didn't feature the strongest field, but at least GAYEGO (Gilded Time) established himself as a legitimate Kentucky Derby (G1) contender while winning an exciting contest. The Blue Grass S. read more

Saturday featured a whirlwind of three key prep races. COLONEL JOHN (Tiznow) lived up to expectations in the Santa Anita Derby (G1), solidifying his status as a top Kentucky Derby (G1) contender with a late-running victory. read more

The Wood Memorial was billed as the race in which the real War Pass would return, and I believe he did. Challenged for the lead by Inner Light ( Court Vision's rabbit), he ran fast early fractions but gamely hung on for second (in ever slower fractions) at what looked like an uncomfortable distance...

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Things are starting to shape for the Kentucky Derby. Here is one man's Top 7...( read more )

TALE OF EKATI (Tale of the Cat) shipped to Keeneland Saturday night just hours after taking the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct by a half-length over champion War Pass (Cherokee Run). read more

Trainer Barclay Tagg, fresh off his second consecutive victory in the Wood Memorial, said Tale of Ekati shipped well to Keeneland and was in outstanding shape after Saturday’s win. “He came with me last night and everything is right,” said Tagg, who will now concentrate on Elysium Fields and Big Truck...

The only thing made clear by three important, nine-furlong Kentucky Derby preps run on Saturday is that the prevailing muddle will remain in place until the issue is settled or on May 3. Of the three races, the Wood Memorial was easily the most critical. In defeat, War Pass dispelled the memory of his...

Charles E. Fipke's homebred TALE OF EKATI (Tale of the Cat) and champion War Pass (Cherokee Run) were both hoping to restore the luster to their tarnished reputations in Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (GI) at Aqueduct. read more

Two horses who began the afternoon positioned tenuously are squarely in the Kentucky Derby frame after Saturday’s Grade I Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, both reversing recent setbacks to rejuvenate their positions in the pecking order of Louisville-bound three-year-olds. Tale of Ekati, sixth in the Louisiana...