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

TOP STORIES: - War Pass Seeks Redemption in Wood Memorial - Colonel John, El Gato Malo Meet Again in Santa Anita Derby - Undefeated Denis of Cork Faces Six in Illinois Derby read more

Big Brown better be built to beat the best. This weekend I have seven horses racing from my virtual stable at www.roadtotheroses.com. It is the last chance for a few of my horses to make a convincing move for the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum Brands! Show me the money (so they qualify)....( read more...

TOP STORIES: Pyro Crushes Foes in Louisiana Derby Visionaire Rallies From Last in Foggy Gotham Autism Awareness Shocks in El Camino Real Huge Weekend Looms on Kentucky Derby Trail read more

While most attention will be focused upon Pyro and the Louisiana Derby on Saturday, the Gotham, which will be run at the same 1 1/16-mile distance, is a good deal more contentious. Pyro will be an odds on favorite in New Orleans and is expected to run over the field he faces at the Fair Grounds, particularly...

TOP STORIES: - Pyro Faces Eight in Louisiana Derby - Unbeaten Giant Moon Heads Gotham - El Camino Real Derby Attracts Field of 10 - Champ War Pass Favored on Day 1 of Futures read more

We'll begin this year's Kentucky Derby Report with a review of three stakes so far in 2008 -- the Hutcheson S. (G2), Count Fleet S. and Tropical Park Derby (G3). read more

There is nothing to be learned from Saturday’s Hutcheson Stakes for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park other than what might be drawn from any race run over sloppy, apparently tiring ground that developed a suicidal early pace, fell apart late and ended 1:23.21 seven furlongs after it began with one...

Albert Fried Jr.'s GIANT MOON (Giant's Causeway) remained unbeaten with a neck decision in Saturday's $81,525 Count Fleet Stakes, capturing New York's first stakes race in 2008 for Kentucky Derby (GI) hopefuls. The Richard Schosberg trainee compiled a pair of stakes victories in running...