by Paulick Report Staff|06.02.2023|3:29pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Foster Preview Day, Deep Turf Fields Five Grade 2 races highlight the stateside racing action this weekend, three of which will be run on the turf. Kicking things off on Friday is the G2 Penn Mile, with the third meeting between sophomore turf stars Major Dude and Candidate likely to produce a thrilling finish in Pennsylvania. Famed race announcer Larry Collmus, […]
by Paulick Report Staff|05.27.2023|8:57am Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Grade 1 Triple For Memorial Day At Santa Anita Monday’s card at Santa Anita Park features a trio of Grade 1 races, one of which is a “Win and You’re In” offering a fees-paid berth to this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Also on Monday, a total of 96 horses are entered for Memorial Day’s special 10-race all New York-bred card at Belmont Park […]
by Paulick Report Staff|05.19.202305.19.2023|2:20pm2:24pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Mage Will Face Six In Preakness Mage will be the only Kentucky Derby runner to contest the second jewel of the 2023 Triple Crown. Following the scratch of second choice First Mission on Friday morning, the favorite faces a small field of six new shooters in the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico. Of those six, the top betting […]
by Paulick Report Staff|05.12.202305.12.2023|2:29pm4:16pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Heating Up In The Northeast The racing action this weekend in the northeast U.S. and Canada will be heating up as New York’s Belmont Park presents a trio of graded stakes on Saturday, led by the Grade 1 Man o’ War Stakes for older turf marathoners. One of the other stakes on the card is the Grade 3 Peter Pan […]
by Chelsea Hackbarth|05.05.2023|11:17am Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Long And Winding Road To The Kentucky Derby There was a time not so long ago that the undercard for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs was similar to a bad warm-up act at a major rock concert. Something to sit through while waiting for the main attraction. It’s not that way any more. Saturday’s 10-hour, 14-race extravaganza, which gets under […]
by Paulick Report Staff|04.28.2023|3:42pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Final Countdown As the 3-year-olds make their final preparations for next weekend’s Run for the Roses, there are five graded stakes races on offer this weekend across the United States. Keeneland’s meet closes out on Friday with the Grade 3 Bewitch the highlight, while Churchill’s meet opens Saturday with the listed Roxelana. The West Coast features all […]
by Paulick Report Staff|04.21.202304.21.2023|4:17pm4:23pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Tough Group Meets Up In Oaklawn Handicap Despite winning both local prep races for the Oaklawn Handicap, D. Wayne Lukas trainee is just fourth choice on the morning line for Saturday’s Grade 2, $1 million contest in Hot Springs, Ark. He’ll face four other millionaires in the 1 1/8-mile test, including program favorite Charge It who adds blinkers for Todd Pletcher. There […]
by Paulick Report Staff|04.14.202304.14.2023|1:41pm1:49pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Keeneland Rolls Out Grade 1 Green Carpet While Keeneland’s opening weekend featured major prep races for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby, week two at the Lexington, Ky., track’s spring meet rolls out the green carpet for a pair of Grade 1 grass stakes for older runners – Friday’s main event, the Maker’s Mark Mile attracted eight colts and geldings, while Saturday […]
by Paulick Report Staff|04.07.2023|3:08pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Sky Racing World: Keeneland Opens, Trio Of 100-Point Derby Preps One month remains until Kentucky Derby Week at Churchill Downs and there are only four remaining opportunities for horses to qualify for the $3 million Kentucky Derby. Three of those races will be run Saturday: the $1 million Blue Grass (G1), the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1); and the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2). All three […]
by Paulick Report Staff|03.31.2023|2:56pm Weekend Lineup Presented By Sky Racing World: Champion Forte Leads Florida Derby, Reincarnate Favored In Arkansas Prep Eclipse Award winner Forte will try to cement his status as the Kentucky Derby favorite as he faces eleven rivals in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1), while former Bob Baffert trainee Reincarnate has been installed as the slight morning-line favorite in the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1). The Grade 1 contests each offer points […]