TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Fly your Flag Chili Flag (FR) (9-2) is flying high ahead of Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1T) at Saratoga. Currently boasting a streak of three straight graded scores, the 5-year-old mare will need to outduel a deep field of challengers for a...

ENGLAND — By Ed DeRosa   A familiar face to North American bettors headlines the Falmouth Stakes on Friday at Newmarket in the UK, where last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf runner up Porta Fortuna figures to be a heavy favorite off a big win in the Coronation...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Use your Head Trikari channeled his inner Mikel Merino with a heads-up effort in Saturday’s $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1) at Aqueduct. Like the Spanish midfielder, who delivered a stunning game-clinching header in the 119th minute of last...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Not About How You Start… Poor showings in their respective pro debuts didn’t stop Alex Bregman (0-4, 2 K) and Freddie Freeman (0-3, K) from going on to have remarkable major league careers. The same can be said about Trikari, a 3-year-old colt...

SARATOGA — By Paulick Report   The 15th annual jockeys-versus-horsemen charity basketball game, which benefits the programs of the New York Race Track Chaplaincy, in partnership with the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, (PDJF) will be played Thursday, Aug. 1 at the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   King of the Castle Kingsbarns reigned supreme in the $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) on Saturday at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old colt, who closed at a curious 9-1, stifled seven rivals with a perfectly timed charge to steal the 1 1/8-mile contest by...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Turn up the Difficulty Off to a perfect 3-for-3 start to the 2024 campaign, Pyrenees stares down his most daunting challenge to date in Sunday’s $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs. It’s been a tale of two careers through eight...

ILLINOIS — By Mary Rampellini   Hawthorne Race Course is bringing together an elite cast of horseplayers for its fifth invitational contest on Sunday and a live stream of the event will include strategy discussions with some of the participants. There are more than 60...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Lock it Down Batten Down had the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) on lockdown this past Saturday at Thistledown. Following the direction of veteran rider Junior Alvarado, the 3-year-old colt jumped out to an early lead and never surrendered for a...

TORONTO — By: Matthew Lomon   Free to Roam Catching Freedom was seen by many as an intriguing pick in both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1). Although the 3-year-old colt didn’t win either (fourth in the Derby and third in the Preakness), he still performed well...