February 4, 2013 - 10:15am
369 horses were nominated to compete in the Triple Crown series of races through the early nomination process.
Although down slightly from last year’s 398 early nominees, 369 three-year-olds took advantage of the early nomination process for this year’s Triple Crown. Only horses made eligible to the Triple Crown can compete in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs May 4, the Preakness Stakes at...
January 7, 2013 - 10:00am
Goldencents, winner of the Sham Stakes, vaults to the top of the Kentucky Derby point standings
Trainer Doug O’Neill, who won last year’s Kentucky Derby with I’ll Have Another, is poised for another Run for the Roses – and his current top contender is a horse part-owned by University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.Goldencents, who won the Delta Downs...
June 8, 2012 - 12:10pm
Triple Crown hopeful will be scratched from the Belmont Stakes due to a burgeoning tendon injury and may even be headed for retirement.
Trainer Doug O'Neill confirmed this morning on the Dan Patrick Show that I'll Have Another, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and Triple Crown hopeful, has been scratched from the 1-1/2-mile Belmont Stakes.The colt is suffering the beginnings of a tendon injury and will not...
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...
