The 66th running of the Fountain of Youth Stakes may turn out to be a two-horse battle at Gulfstream Park. Undefeated Algorithms, who debuted at Belmont last June with a five-furlong sprint victory by more than five lengths, is going for his fourth straight triumph; his second at the South Florida track. The son of […]

The card at Gulfstream was great, and I have to say even with the expected off-track, players had much of their focus and bankroll in Hallandale. Here is a glimpse of  racing at Gulfstream and beyond, as we keep you up to speed as we enjoyed some winter racing. Gulfstream Park The G-2 Hutcheson It was […]

Reveron goes for his fourth consecutive victory in the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs since breaking his maiden last fall at Calder Race Course. The son of Songandaprayer is coming off a victory in the New Year’s Day Gulfstream Park Derby at 1 1/16 miles, the same distance as Saturday’s race. Reveron […]

Hansen, who has been training in South Florida since late last year, will attempt to become only the second Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion to capture the Run for the Roses. Street Sense, the 2006 BC Juvenile champ that won the ’07 Kentucky Derby, began his sophomore season with a victory in the Hutcheson Stakes at […]

The Arkansas Derby could be called the Rebel Stakes II with six runners from the runner-up through the seventh-place finisher seeking a reversal of fortune against the winner — The Factor. The son of War Front is indeed the main factor in the $1 million Grade 1 on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, where on March […]

The Sunshine State will be rocking on Saturday, and my money will be laying in the sun. I think you will want to follow the action on this day, and WinningPonies will be dialed in to mine for the gold. Tampa Bay Downs – Saturday Race #5 – #5 Media Madness (5-2) Ramon Dominguez is […]

Likely heavy favorite Uncle Mo will face five outclassed rivals in the $100,000 Timely Writer at Gulfstream Park. The 2-year-old Eclipse champion, trained by Todd Pletcher, has been working well in South Florida at Palm Meadows since winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 4 ¼ lengths, with jockey John R. Velazquez aboard at Churchill Downs […]

Walking around the track every Saturday will give you a very unique perspective around 4:00pm EST. That is when most of the big races on the east coast are going to post, and as usual, never to doubt. The arguments get better by the week…. First – The Fountain of Youth is about the start […]

The 65th Fountain of Youth (FOY) features promising 3-year-old horses from stakes winners to talented runners stepping up in class in the Grade 2 on Saturday. Four of the past dozen winners in Gulfstream Park’s second oldest stakes race scored in the Florida Derby: Quality Road, 2009; Scat Daddy, ’07; High Fly, ’05; and Vicar, […]

The 3-year-olds are coming to a track near you. Many of the top contenders on the Road to the Roses are training in South Florida. The East Coast contingent is headed by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champ Uncle Mo, the 2-year-old male Eclipse Award winner that arrived last month at the Palm Meadows Training Center in […]