“She’s just eating up the ground and getting better with every race. She keeps improving and she loves her job. She has started trusting me more so I can do a little more with her. I think she’s learning how to be a good racehorse. “I was loaded o
"It was another good day," said Jorge Alvarez, American Pharoah's regular exercise rider. "He was a little more aggressive this morning and wanted to do more, but I just kept doing my thing. I'm feeling more excited than nervous. We just feel that we have
With exercise rider and jockey Kortez Walker up for the work, the son of Tale of Ekati went five furlongs in 59.02 seconds, the fastest work at the distance. "He galloped out good and came back blowing, which is good because it means he got something out
Zayat Stables’ homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile went to the fast main track under regular exercise rider Jorge Alvarez at 8:30 a.m. during Churchill Downs’ special 15-minute training session exclusive to Belmont Stakes contenders after the renovatio
"I need to talk to all the connections, but I'm sure everyone is on board with all three of them [running]. We intend to run all three at this moment," Pletcher said outside his Belmont Park barn. Rider assignments for Carpe Diem, Madefromlucky, and Mater
"He felt great, no different," said exercise rider Jorge Alvarez. "He's a running machine; all he wants to do is run. When we go to a different track, nothing changes. He doesn't have to take his racetrack with him. He'll run on anything." Jimmy Barnes, a
The Truth or Else, who had picked up 11 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby earlier this year, is coming out of a 1 ½-length allowance victory over the local track on May 22, which, according to McPeek, was a major deciding factor heading into the B
The Derby, which was won last year by Shared Belief, will be decided on Saturday, July 4 over a mile and an eighth and is the racing highlight of the Los Alamitos Thoroughbred Summer Festival. The meet opens on July 2 and runs through July 13. First post
"He worked great," said trainer Dale Romans. "He went by himself, which he doesn't usually do but we're going for the endurance at this point. I thought it was a great work." With assistant trainer and exercise rider Tammy Fox aboard, Keen Ice breezed six
Keen Ice was the only horse on track during the special 8:30-8:45 a.m. ET training period for Churchill Downs-based Belmont Stakes contenders. Tammy Fox was aboard and guided the son of Curlin through 1/8-mile fractions of :12.40, :24.40, :36.20, :48.60 a
