Brian J. Hernandez, Jr.

Placing too much emphasis on times can be a losing proposition when handicapping the races, but when a maiden winner runs faster than a good-looking ...

At Fair Grounds on Monday, Banishing not only won the second start of his career in an eye-catching manner, but he also sports the type of p...

Pretty Mischievous settled in the pocket and then split foes to take over and win the $100,000 Untapable Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths and earn 10...

Getting off to a much better start than he did in his debut, Banishing (2-1) also had a much better finish Monday at Fair Grounds. He ran away as the ...

Louisville, Ky. Call it plan B. That is what jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. did after he took 5-year-old She Can’t Sing (7-2) to an early lead that was ne...

Bernardini progeny typically excel on dirt and especially move up on mud or slop. She Can't Sing has been an exception to the trend though, while buil...

Trainer Ken McPeek loved watching his 3-year-old colt Rattle N Roll win the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby so much Sunday night that he already...

A Grade 1 winner at age 2, Rattle N Roll became a three-time stakes victor Saturday night when he closed down the middle of the track to win the $150,...

Brian Hernandez Jr. knows his way around horses. A second-generation jockey who rode his first winner in 2004, he reached $100 million last month in c...

The team of trainer Steve Asmussen, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. and owner Ron Winchell is not unfamiliar with the winner’s circle at Fair Grounds. It w...