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US Racing Looks Back: 2020 Fountain of Youth Betting Odds During 2021, US Racing will look back at some of the stories from our contributors, ranging from handicapping columns, features, and race recaps. Fountain Of Youth Betting Odds: Gulfstream’s Late Pick 5 By Noel Michaels Saturday’s Fountain of Youth card at Gulfstream Park is a doozy, featuring 14 races including 10 stakes races (nine graded) and headlined by the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) for 3-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby trail going 1 1/16 miles. The all-stakes late Pick 5 sequence encompasses races 10-14, and with a 50-cent denomination,

By Richard Rosenblatt Now appearing on the road to the Kentucky Derby: The Brad Cox Trio. The Eclipse Award-winning trainer added another 3-year-old colt to his band of Derby contenders recently when Mandaloun won the Risen Star (G2) at the Fair Grounds on Feb. 13. And he brought down the house with a 1 ¼-length victory and soared to the top of the Derby points chart over champion stablemate Essential Quality. The win was worth 50 Derby qualifying points. Essential Quality, meanwhile, is finally set for his seasonal debut in the thrice rescheduled Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park on

It’s been 20 years since Robert and Beverly Lewis’ Silver Charm ran into the horse racing record books and the hearts of countless racing fans with his head victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The Florida-bred son of Silver Buck carried Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens that day, providing the veteran reinsman with his third Derby win to go along with his victories aboard Winning Colors (1988) and Thunder Gulch (1994). The 123rd Kentucky Derby also represented the initial victory for the Lewises, as well as Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has since tightened

By Ray Wallin The thoroughbred racing community lost one of its greatest and most distinctive voices with the recent passing of race-caller Marshall Cassidy at the age of 75. Cassidy wore many hats during his stellar career: racing official for the State of New York; sportscaster for major television stations; patrol and placing judge for NYRA; and alternate steward. Of course, he will best be remembered for this distinguishable voice and style of calling the races. Cassidy spent 18 years calling races for the New York Racing Association, serving as back-up to Dave Johnson and Chic Anderson. After Anderson passed

By Mike Farrell Neither rain, nor pandemic, nor gloom of a chilly night could derail the $20 million Saudi Cup. It did rain in the desert, and Saturday evening was unseasonably cool, but the racing action was first class, even if COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented participants like John Velazquez and Umberto Rispoli from making the arduous trip. At the end of the evening, Mishriff was the deserving victor of the $10 million winner’s share of the world’s richest purse. Charlatan turned in a terrific performance to get second in only his fifth career start. His upside is limitless in a

By Richard Rosenblatt The $20 million Saudi Cup turned into a victory for the home team after Mishriff outkicked favorite Charlatan and won the world’s richest horse race for owner Prince A. A. Faisal of Saudi Arabia at King Abdulaziz Racetrack. On Saturday night in Riyadh, in a much-anticipated duel between U.S.-based stars Charlatan and Knicks Go, it was Mishriff who stole the show with a brilliant ride from David Egan, at 21 the youngest jockey in the field. Mike Smith, the 55-year-old Hall of Fame rider who finished second aboard Midnight Bisou in last year’s inaugural Saudi Cup, settled