Cupid and Gold Cup proof for Baffert

CUPID AND GOLD CUP PROOF FOR BAFFERT The wonderful sport of Thoroughbred racing is rife with unpredictability. That is one of the things that makes it so great. At the same time however, there are a few things that seem to be a constant and one of those is a...

Finnegan’s Wake a Gold Cup wild card

FINNEGAN’S WAKE A GOLD CUP WILD CARD So when we look at the race formerly known as the Hollywood Gold Cup there is a bit of a pony perplexor. The noggin scratcher in the now called Gold Cup at Santa Anita on June 27 is Finnegan’s Wake. This great grandson of Northern...

Dude wants to get his game on

When Game On Dude goes to post the Gold Cup on June 28, he hopes to join left coast legends Native Diver and Lava Man as the only three time winners of this mile and a quarter grade 1 race. For the first time since 1949 and only the second time in history, the second...