The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall and this regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars.
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Five Key Takeaways from a Great Closing Weekend at Belmont Park
Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from the $750,000 Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park and other major developments this weekend.
Verifying Holds Off Raise Cain to Win Indiana Derby By a Nose
The expectations run high when you're a $775,000 son of a Triple Crown winner and a half-brother to a champion, and so when the regally-bred Verifying outlasted a late surge from Raise Cain to win the $300,000 Grade 3 Indiana Derby, all the colt's connections could at last breathe a sigh of relief.
Frank Whiteley: ‘The Fox of Laurel’ and Trainer of Champions
As difficult to comprehend as it might be for someone living at a time when statistics have become an obsession, there’s no way of telling exactly how many races trainer Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. won in his career. Numbers, though, are probably the least effective way of measuring the quality of his work and the tremendous respect he gained during the 48 years he spent caring for the horses in his barn.
