{Friday, March 27, 2009} Derby do-or-die for Dunkirk
By Mike Welsch, The Daily Racing Form HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The win and you're in concept was first popularized by the Breeders' Cup, and for the first time this year

{Thursday, March 26, 2009} Dunkirk's dash for cash
By Jay Privman Money can't get everything, it's true, but it can get you a spot in the Kentucky Derby. For the connections of Dunkirk, that's all they want. A berth

{Monday, March 23, 2009} Dress Rehearsal steals show in Orchid
So Does The Hurley Network!
Orchid Stakes: Dress Rehearsal $6.20 WON

And Irish Gypsy (R7) cashes a $10.40 ticket for

{Sunday, March 22, 2009} Hold Me Back rushes to the fore
FLORENCE, Ky. - Better late than never. Hold Me Back, scarcely mentioned, if at all, in the Kentucky Derby discussion, ran himself right into contention with a sensational rally

{Friday, March 20, 2009} Lane's End Stakes Analysis It's sort of nice to have a quiet weekend of racing after the four big Kentucky Derby preps a week ago, and the Florida Derby on the horizon. We're just six weeks from the big day now,

{Tuesday, March 17, 2009} Field favored in second Derby Future The entry for all other three-year-olds was bet down to 9-2 favoritism at the conclusion of Pool 2 of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Future Wager on Sunday evening. "All others"

{Monday, March 16, 2009} Friesan Fire doing well; Giant Oak likely off trail Louisiana Derby (G2) winner FRIESAN FIRE (A.P. Indy), along with the two other Larry Jones horses who ran at Fair Grounds Saturday, came out of their races

{Sunday, March 15, 2009} Friesan Fire completes New Orleans sweep in resounding fashion
Friesan Fire was an easy winner of the La Derby (Lou Hodges Jr.) Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farm's FRIESAN FIRE (A.P. Indy) tracked pacesetter

{Thursday, March 12, 2009} Testing unfamiliar ground
By Jay Privman, The Daily Racing Form NEW ORLEANS - In this Kentucky Derby election cycle, the early returns have been encouraging for California. It is a trend trainer

{Tuesday, March 10, 2009} Friesan Fire installed as 5-2 choice in Louisiana Derby The Larry Jones-trained FRIESAN FIRE (A.P. Indy) rates as the 5-2 favorite on the morning line for Saturday's $600,000 Louisiana Derby (G2), where he will

{Monday, March 09, 2009} I Want Revenge Is The Total Package
By Steve Haskin, Bloodhorse March means many things to owners and trainers of horses on the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) trail. There’s the nail-biting, the sleepless

{Sunday, March 08, 2009} Derby Favorites Lack Triple Crown Foundation
by Ray Kerrison, New York Post SUDDENLY, the Derby hunt is on. Emerging from winter hibernation, the season's 3-year-olds are on the move, coast to coast,

{Friday, March 06, 2009} COLONEL JOHN IS 9-2 PICK IN DEEP, DIVERSE SANTA ANITA HANDICAP; NINE FILLIES SET TO OPPOSE SENSATIONAL STARDOM BOUND IN OAKS ARCADIA, Calif. (March 4, 2009) - While Saturday's Grade I, $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks seems

{Tuesday, March 03, 2009} Twists in the Derby road
From The Daily Racing Form
ARCADIA, Calif. - The road to the 135th Kentucky Derby veered into several lanes over the weekend, an autobahn for stakes winners Quality Road

{Sunday, March 01, 2009} Looking ahead to the Kentucky Derby
By Art Wilson, San Gabriel Valley Tribune Run a quick check of most Kentucky Derby rankings this week and you're likely to find Old Fashioned or Pioneerof