Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule from which the racehorses earn points toward qualifying. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.
Month: December 2024
Betting Guide for the 2024-’25 Oaklawn Park Meet: Key Track Trends to Know
Some of the winter season’s best dirt racing is coming to the Midwest with the opening of the Oaklawn Park 2024-’25 meet on Friday, Dec. 6. Racing at Oaklawn boasts big fields, good betting races for handicappers, an excellent stakes program, and very strong purses throughout its five-month season that will extend until Kentucky Derby day, May 3.
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: Wilky G Does It All
In the fall of 2020, Elizabeth McDougald had no plans to adopt a horse when she visited Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation in Guthrie, Okla. She was there to pick up a horse for one of her students, but with so many promising horses at the facility, she decided to look for a project horse for herself. Horse and Hound, an accredited Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance organization, specializes in retraining ex-racehorses and finding them new careers.
Lossiemouth looks like a Cheltenham Festival threat to Sir Gino after Willie Mullins’ mare dismantles Teahupoo to win the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle
Willie Mullins' mare dismantled Teahupoo, winner of the Hatton's Grace for the past two seasons, and so emphatic was her display that her price for the Champion Hurdle was slashed.
