Live Oak Plantation

For the most part, horses making the switch from synthetic to dirt are best viewed with skepticism on this blog, unless there is proven dirt form. But...

Former Kentucky Derby also-ran Win Win Win lived up to his name in the Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Saturday. With a tremendous stretch run to mow d...

Trainer Mike Trombetta has been anxious to get Win Win Win back to the seven-eighths distance over the main track and hopes that the distanc...

Leading jockey Rafael Hernandez collected his third straight stakes win on the Saturday program at Woodbine, as he sent March to the Arch from la...

Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Escape gave her filly and mare foes the slip in the $125,000 Trillium Stakes to earn her first graded stakes victory Satu...

With 11 horses in the Grade 2, $100,000 Wise Dan Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday, the race attracted a decent-sized field. As with many large gr...

Trainer Mark Casse has the chance for a second straight Belmont Stakes triumph Saturday with Tap It to Win.The circumstances of the 2020 Belmont – 1 1...

Speed fares well in many editions of the Belmont Stakes and one reason is because the short-winded runners with speed drop out by the third leg of the...

In most cases, a horse by Tapit out of a Medaglia d’Oro mare will route better than most runners. But in Tap It To Win’s case, he gave poor efforts in...

Mark Casse and Tyler Gaffalione – the trainer/jockey combo who won the Preakness Stakes last month with War of Will – teamed up again Saturday night ...