Live Oak Plantation's Win Win Win (Hat Trick {Jpn}), a track record setter in his latest start at Tampa Bay Downs, will get his first two-turn test in the GII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 9 at the Oldsmar oval, trainer Michael Trombetta confirmed to TDN Monday. The homebred was under consideration for the prep for that event, [...]

9th-GP, $50K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT A rare progeny of European super-sire Galileo (Ire) makes her debut for Summer Wind Equine in SHADOW PLAY going two turns on the Gulfstream lawn. The dark bay is a half-sister to 2014 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Hootenanny (Quality Road), while her dam, a $1.5-million purchase [...]

1st-GP, $60K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, post time: 11:30 a.m. As is frequently the case with blockbuster racing days, maiden special weights on the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational card Saturday at Gulfstream came up salty, and the action gets underway early with the morning opener featuring a full field of 14 sophomore males going [...]

Members of the TDN staff reveal what TDN Rising Star they're most excited to see race in 2019. This is a fairly obvious choice, but what I liked most about Improbable (City Zip) was his clear development between each start of his three-race juvenile campaign. Though he got the job done at 2-5 first out [...]

There was a period when it was unclear whether Frank Mirahmadi would ever see a racetrack again. It's a long time ago in feeling, considering where he sits now. In fact, it's hardly two years since the veteran racecaller was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, stunning the racing world and putting an indeterminate halt [...]

When Sunday's 11th race at Gulfstream came off the turf after overnight rains, it lost a lot of its luster, as the field of lightly raced 2-year-old fillies scratched down significantly, leaving little proven dirt form. But the group was not devoid of talent, as one promising young filly showed when romping to a professional [...]

Growing up the son of a successful racehorse owner has its perks. Days hanging around the backstretch, getting to know and experience the animals up close, seeing firsthand the fast-paced roller coaster that is a racing life. But also attached to the deal is the heft of living in your father's shadow within the game, [...]

They don't keep stats for this sort of thing, but there likely aren't an abundance of Thoroughbreds who yawn while getting saddled for a race in the paddock at Saratoga. There are likely way fewer yawners who then go on to win said race. How about ones who then win when the race is a [...]

Thanks in large part to its insular nature, horse racing is an institution with deep family traditions. It's pretty difficult to enter the game on your own and create a legacy, so when one does, it makes sense that they would want to pass that legacy on to the next generation in their lineage. Those [...]

It may not have the box-office appeal that it would have had Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) shown up, but there remains plenty of intrigue and an array of storylines in Saturday's 11-horse GI Travers S. at Saratoga. And whoever leaves with their colors being painted on that famous canoe will have wholly earned [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–Everyone knows it's not worth trying to beat Wesley Ward 2-year-olds in the spring at Keeneland. Early in the season, his babies are simply head and shoulders above the rest of their crop. The challenge comes as their campaigns wear on, as some of them take their talents across the Atlantic Ocean and [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–The day was May 3, 2003. The 129th Kentucky Derby was set to unfold under clear skies in front of a crowd of 148,530 at Churchill Downs, and a chestnut owned by a ragtag group of six high school friends was getting ready to make history. Yes, the game victory of Funny Cide [...]