Horse Racing News

If things go as well the next two Saturdays for WinStar Farm as they went last Saturday, its management team could have an interesting decision to make come Belmont Stakes time.

General Quarters likely will be pointed to the Aug. 21 Arlington Million after making a sensational impression on grass, according to owner-trainer Tom McCarthy.

Ice Box, the second-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, will bypass the Preakness Stakes, second leg of the Triple Crown on May 15 at Pimlico.

Here are just a few observations from Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Kentucky Oaks heroine Blind Luck may make her next start in the $250,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park on June 26, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Sunday.

Jeremy Noseda, the trainer of Gotham Stakes winner Awesome Act, said he believes a wet track would benefit his horse in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Calvin Borel boldly predicted he's going to win the Triple Crown after Super Saver sloshed to a 2.5-length victory in the Kentucky Derby.

It stormed all morning; thunder and lightning, hail and wind, enough rain to float a Noah's Ark

Jockey Calvin Borel steered Super Saver through the mud to win his third Kentucky Derby in four years. The win ended trainer Todd Pletcher's Derby drought.

Phola's ascension into a top-flight turf filly continued Saturday at Churchill Downs as the daughter of Johannesburg unleashed a powerful kick down the stretch to sweep past the field and win the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile by 1 1/4 lengths.