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...

FLORIDA — By Ed DeRosa   With apologies to Tampa Bay Downs announcer Jason Beem for completely and shamelessly stealing his line, we’re in for another “Titanic tussle in Tampa” when the starter springs the latch on this year’s Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday.   I feel...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Locked in   Locked certainly looked the part of a multiple graded stakes winner who has landed in the money each time out with a commanding 8 ¼-length triumph in Saturday’s $300,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1).   Calm and cool out of the...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   If you haven’t gotten on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” yet, then this is where you get on because March 1 is a three-prep extravaganza featuring several of the biggest stars among this year’s current Triple Crown hopefuls.   In...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $125,000 Broadway Stakes, 7 furlongs   Date: Sunday, February 23 (Race 9, 4:35 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $1 exacta box- #6 My Magic Wand, #7 Sweet Brown Sugar, #11 Tough Street $5 win, $5 place, $4 show on...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   With ten weeks between the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes on Friday at Turfway Park and the Kentucky Oaks on May 2 at Churchill Downs, the race for points is officially on.   Like the Kentucky Derby, horses qualify for the Kentucky Oaks earning...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $100,000 “Sweet Life Stakes”, 6 ½ furlongs on the Downhill turf for 3-year-old fillies   Date:  Sunday, February 9 (Race 9, 5:00 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 bet : $5 exacta box: #3 Schilflied with #5...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   White Hot   It’s White Abarrio’s world and we’re all just living in it.   The electrifying 6-year-old turned in a world-class effort on Saturday at Gulfstream Park to claim the 8th edition of the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational...

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   Panic at the Disco   It wasn’t the smooth trip they likely envisioned, but rider Florent Geroux and 9-5 favorite Disco Time found their groove in the nick of time to take Saturday’s $250,000 Lecomte (G3) by a head.   Competing against a...