July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Will I’ll Have Another be the next Triple Crown winner?
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect I'll Have Another's scratch.The Triple Crown series will culminate Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York when Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner I’ll Have Another attempts to become the first horse in 34 years...
May 21, 2012 - 10:33am
How the O'Neill team orchestrated I'll Have Another's winning ride
It played out as a perfectly-timed ride.Jockey Mario Gutierrez followed the blueprint formed in his mind from intense research and preparation, and the result was a thrilling win by a neck over the gutsy Bodemeister in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.Much was made about I’ll Have Another...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Only 12 days to the Kentucky Derby. Count down the days to the big day with us and learn a new fact about the Kentucky Derby each day.
If you’ve ever been to the Kentucky Derby or the Kentucky Oaks, you know that it draws a good crowd. Tickets are in high demand and demand an even higher price. Fans pack the grandstand, clubhouse, infield, paddock, and the many additional seating (and standing) options Churchill Downs...
August 29, 2011 - 8:35am
Stay Thirsty takes the 1 1/4 mile Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
The Grade 1 $1,000,000 Travers Stakes, the highlight of the Saratoga meet and a race that may determine the year's three-year-old champion, went to Mike Repole's Stay Thirsty. Sent off as the slight favorite in the field of ten, the Todd Pletcher trained runner vied for the lead briefly...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
The Travers Stakes pits the Preakness and Belmont winners against Travers favorite, Stay Thirsty, who finished 12th in the Kentucky Derby.
The leading three-year-olds will fight it out in the Grade 1 $1,000,000 Travers Stakes to be run Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in New York. The ten-horse field includes the winners of the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes, Belmont, Haskell Invitational and the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes. The race is...