TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A busy but fulfilling eight-start sophomore campaign earned Tarifa a few months of down time before her 2025 debut, which comes this Saturday in the $300,000 Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita.   The three-time graded stakes winning filly...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Take it up a Notch   Fresh off a career-best effort in the Grade 3 Thunder Road, El Potente (2-1) will need to find another gear to outduel Mi Hermano Ramon, the 8-5 opening line choice in Saturday’s $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1T) at Santa...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Who Wants it?   Oaklawn Park has hosted two Kentucky Derby points races so far this season.   The first tilt, the Smarty Jones Stakes went to Coal Battle on Jan. 4, while the second, the Southwest Stakes (G3), was claimed by Speed King...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Long Road Back   Following a tough showing in November’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), East Avenue finds himself on the road to redemption in Saturday’s $500,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds.   A costly stumble out of the gate dashed any...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   We’re Live in 5, 4, 3…   Breaking news out of Hot Springs, Arkansas as veteran mare Corningstone, after claiming back-to-back stakes titles, will make another run at her first-ever graded stakes trophy in Saturday’s $250,000 Bayakoa (G3) at...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Baffert or the Field?   When the 2025 Major League Baseball season commences in March, we’ll be asking ourselves, “Dodgers or the field?”   In Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica (G2) at Santa Anita, that very same question will be...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   The Place to Be   In the world of Thoroughbred racing, late January means one thing: the Pegasus World Cup.   On Saturday, the game’s brightest stars will flock to Gulfstream for a dynamic day of racing headlined by the $3 million Pegasus...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Three is Key   On Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern, the Philadelphia Eagles will rely on their three-headed monster of Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, and A.J. Brown to take down the surging Los Angeles Rams.   On Sunday at 3 p.m. Pacific, another...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Give Me a Break   After a string of five straight scoreless outings, Taxed eyes a much-needed break in the $150,000 Pippin Stakes at Oaklawn Park.   While the winner’s circle has been elusive for the 5-year-old mare in recent months, Taxed...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Red Hot Coal   On a run of two straight stakes wins, Coal Battle (9-2) enters the $250,000 Smarty Jones with no intentions of slowing down.   A pair of impressive, and strikingly similar performances in the Remington Springboard Mile (hard...