Street Sense arrived at Churchill Downs last November with a modest resume that included a pair of third-place finishes in a pair of Grade III events, and was reasonably sent off at odds of 15-1 in the Breeders’ Cup.

Beneath Calvin Borel, Street Sense got the dream run along a golden rail, and powered home to win the Juvenile by 10 lengths and an Eclipse Award to boot. (more…)

Trainer Bob Baffert has been absent from the Triple Crown for the last several years, but seems primed to join fray with Air Commander, a son of the brilliant Point Given whom Baffert trained to win two-thirds of the Triple Crown in 2001. Air Commander stands the 8-5 morning line favorite in this afternoon’s San Felipe, a Grade II event at Santa Anita which has attracted just a short field of six. (more…)

When you consider the undefeated Barbaro won the 132nd Kentucky Derby at odds of 6-1, it doesn’t seem to make much sense to place a future wager on Nobiz Like Shobiz at odds of 8-1 a shade over 50 days out. Or Street Sense, who hasn’t even raced since the Breeders’ Cup at 8-1. Or even Circular Quay, despite the fact (more…)

There were certainly some household names in Saturday’s Louisiana Derby.

Circular Quay is one of the top-ranked 3-year-olds after winning the Bashford Manor and Hopeful as a juvenile, and concluding his 2006 season with a second-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Liquidity, a close second to Ravel in the Sham (more…)

Cowtown Cat sold for a cool $1.5 million at the Barrett’s 2-year-old in training sale in March 2006, so expectations run high. Yet after successfully stretching out for the first time on Saturday in the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, Cowtown Cat is still relatively deep on the Todd Pletcher list of Derby Hopefuls. (more…)

Many were surprised when Richard Migliore moved his tack out west this past winter. Yet with Ron Anderson as his agent, formerly the agent for Jerry Bailey and the current agent for Garrett Gomez, Migliore has made a successful transition. (more…)