{Tuesday, March 31, 2009} Wood Memorial Heads Big Aqueduct Card Four graded stakes, headed by the 85th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial for three-year-olds at nine furlongs, will make a up a guaranteed $400,000 late

{Monday, March 30, 2009} It's Time For Quality
By ED FOUNTAINE A few years ago we never would have considered putting a horse like Quality Road atop the Derby Dozen. For one, the winner of last Saturday's Florida

{Friday, March 27, 2009} Dunkirk Vs. FOY Stars in Florida Derby
By Jason Shandler, Bloodhorse Two of the last three Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winners came out of the Florida Derby (gr. I), and based on the talent

{Thursday, March 26, 2009} Pulling a rabbit out of the barn
by Gary West Todd Pletcher said one thing worries him about Saturday’s Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park: Quality Road running easily and unchallenged. Actually,

{Tuesday, March 24, 2009} I Want Revenge drills for Wood
By David Grening, The Daily Racing Form OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Trainer Jeff Mullins is trying to stay calm, but his horse, I Want Revenge, is making it hard on him.

{Monday, March 23, 2009} Dunkirk, Quality Road work for Fla. Derby
By Mike Welsch BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Dunkirk and Quality Road, the two leading candidates for Saturday's Grade 1 Florida Derby, beat the rain at the Palm Meadows

{Sunday, March 22, 2009} Secret Gypsy Earns Grade in Distaff H.
By Jack Shinar, from Bloodhorse.com Odds-on choice Secret Gypsy made the long trip from New Orleans to earn the first graded stakes win of her career when

{Friday, March 20, 2009} HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS
by Dick Powell Horses that win big on wet tracks are very hard to judge next time out. Was their blowout victory a sign of a horse that is improving by leaps and bounds or did

{Tuesday, March 17, 2009} Weekend Recap and New Top 10 So, Larry Jones wasn't blowing smoke last summer when he told me Friesan Fire was the most talented 2-year-old he ever had in his barn. After standing in the shadow of stablemate

{Thursday, March 12, 2009} He Wanted Dirt
by Steven Crist, The Daily Racing Form However you look at it, I Want Revenge was dazzling winning the G3 Gotham Saturday by 8 1/2 lengths, an effort that may have been even better than

{Monday, March 09, 2009} HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS
by Dick Powell Watch enough races and some horse will make you sit up and take notice. But, I didn't expect it to happen on a Wednesday at Laurel. I was in the

{Friday, March 06, 2009} Talented field for Gotham Stakes
By Nick Kling The Record Saturday's feature race at Aqueduct is the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes. Traditionalists will bemoan the change in configuration of the race

{Tuesday, March 03, 2009} Pamplemousse - Simply Spectacular
by Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor, Sports Network Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Jockey Alex Solis won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Dubai World Cup

{Sunday, March 01, 2009} Racing Hall of Fame: Bobbing for Trainers
by John Pricci, Horse Race Insider Saratoga Springs, NY, February 25, 2009--No more argument. No more technicalities. No more politics. Bob Baffert,