The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve heads south this Saturday to Tampa Bay Downs, which hosts the $400,000, Grade 3 ESMARK Tampa Bay Derby.
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Commandment Edges Chief Wallabee to Win Fountain of Youth Stakes
Commandment proved he could go two turns and indicated that he had more stamina if needed with his win in the $400,000 Grade 2 Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park.
Favored Iron Honor Joins the Derby Trail with Gotham Stakes Win at Aqueduct
Historians will note that a Gotham Stakes winner has not captured the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve since the immortal Secretariat in 1973.
Perseverance Made Sylvia Bishop a Racing Pioneer: ‘I Knew What I Wanted to Do’
Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop did not set out to become the first black woman licensed to train racehorses in the United States. Horses were a part of her, and she wanted to make her living training them. Her perseverance not only made her a pioneer, but it also sparked a legacy of generations that followed her into the game, ensuring that her name would live on long beyond her days on the racetrack. For the Love of the Horse
