Joseph Petalino

And then there were just four. With confirmation today that both The Factor and J P’s Gusto won’t run, only four horses that have been based on the We...

No decision has yet been made on whether J P's Gusto will run in the May 7 Kentucky Derby, Steve Bajer, who works as a bloodstock adviser to owner Dr....

Zipse’s Kentucky Derby Daily – Day 51 The deepest prep of the 2011 Kentucky Derby trail? No doubt about it … it’s Saturday’s Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn P...

I can remember the image like it was yesterday. And why not? I saw it enough times. The handsome bay colt, his regally arched neck so low you could sw...

The best trainer no one's ever heard of sent his Kentucky Derby hopeful out for a breeze last Saturday morning at Oaklawn Park. "Don't write about me,...

I took Stay Thirsty off my list of top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders last week. Watching the colt’s solid season debut in the Gotham for owner Mike Rep...

Zipse’s Kentucky Derby Daily - Day 76   The Derby preps are really starting to roll and on Monday we have another good one, as a full field is se...

J P’s Gusto arrived at his new base of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., in the early evening hours Wednesday after a full day of travel from Souther...

J P’s Gusto, the winner of four sprint stakes and one of the leading 2-year-olds in California last year, will be transferred from trainer David Hofma...