I Am Horse Racing: Donato Lanni
Donato Lannie is an integral part of our Starlight bloodstock team. Learn more about him in this featured video segment from Bloodhorse magazine…
Keeping up with the Bafferts: Updating 18 stable standouts
Two of his big three may have changed, but for trainer Bob Baffert it is business as usual as he continues to prepare for an unusual 2020 Kentucky Derby. “I don’t have much information to give until next week when I decide,” he said Monday when he was asked about plans this summer for Authentic, Uncle Chuck and Cezanne…
Authentic Pointed to July 18 Haskell Stakes
Two-time graded winner Authentic, second to Honor A. P. in the June 6 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1), is scheduled to make his next start July 18 in the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park, co-owner Sol Kumin said. The 3-year-old colt is 3-for-4, having won a maiden race, the Sham Stakes (G3), and the San Felipe Stakes (G2), victories that have made him one of the early favorites for the Sept…
Collusion Illusion, Ragtime Blues Face Off In Lazaro Barrera Stakes
The Barrera, named for the late Hall of Fame trainer, has attracted a field of five sophomores going 6 ½ furlongs. Bob Baffert’s speedy Ragtime Blues, a winner of his last two starts, will get the first time services of Mike Smith and also figures prominently in what will be his fourth career start…
Road to the Kentucky Derby: Top 10 contenders with Belmont Stakes coming up next
There were no major Kentucky Derby prep races this past weekend, but the road to the first Saturday in September is about to get busy again, with the biggest points race on the scrambled calendar coming up next. The Belmont Stakes — traditionally the third and final leg of the Triple Crown — is scheduled for Saturday, and 150 points will go to the winner…
Authentic heading to the Haskell with Hall of Fame rider in tow
Authentic returned to the work tab on Monday at Santa Anita Park, nine days after suffering his first defeat in the Santa Anita Derby (G1). Track clockers caught Authentic going four furlongs in :48.80 over a fast track. Trainer Bob Baffert confirmed following the work that Authentic would make his first foray outside of…
America’s Best Horses for June 15
Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation’s top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the latest 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below…
Bloodlines: Cezanne, Ragtime Blues lead Baffert’s next wave
Bob Baffert was hit by the double whammy of Nadal’s retirement and, just days later, Charlatan’s injury, subtracting both of them out of the 2020 Kentucky Derby picture. But the Hall of Fame trainer’s Derby dream hasn’t died. He has two well-bred, expensive backup plans emerging from the stable and likely headed toward stakes company. Let’s see if they’re made for the Triple Crown series…
Be It April or June, It’s Still the Santa Anita Derby
It’s the first week in June, a time when Thoroughbred racing usually finds out if there’s a Triple Crown champion to celebrate and anoint. Until COVID-19 became a part of everyday life. Yet even a pandemic could not derail the Triple Crown, though it surely led to some more stops along the way before the sport arrives at the first Saturday in September, when the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) will be contested at Churchill Downs…
Spendthrift Farm Buys Majority Interest in Authentic
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired a majority ownership interest in the undefeated 3-year-old colt Authentic, the likely favorite for the June 6 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1). Spendthrift now partners with Starlight Racing and Madaket Stables, which have both retained an ownership interest in the son of Into Mischief , North America’s reigning champion general sire who stands at Spendthrift…
