Seven furlongs, big pots and prestigious stakes will be the order of the day for First Captain and O Besos on Saturday in New York and Kentucky. First Captain will step up to the Grade 1 level for the first time in the $300,000 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct, looking to keep on winning: he is […]
[ Read More ]Eight months after finishing a creditable fifth in the Kentucky Derby, O Besos kicked off his 4yo season with a victory at Fair Grounds and is now in line for the $250,000 Mineshaft Stakes (G3) on February 19. Pretty soon after that, First Captain will be ready to launch his 4yo campaign at Gulfstream Park. […]
[ Read More ]O Besos roared into 2022 with a comeback triumph Sunday at Fair Grounds, ridden confidently as an odds-favorite and holding on to win the decisive nose bob. The fifth-place finisher in the ’21 Kentucky Derby, O Besos was racing for the first time since running second in June’s Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes. “We got […]
[ Read More ]Top of the stretch in the Kentucky Derby, and you realize your horse is coming on strong. O Besos, oh what a feeling. O Besos gave us that unbelievable thrill Saturday in the Kentucky Derby. At 40-to-1 odds, he didn’t quite get there–he got just a little tired in deep stretch and finished fifth, beaten […]
[ Read More ]O Besos is on the cusp of a Kentucky Derby berth after igniting with a sustained rally to finish third in Saturday’s $1-million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. The Greg Foley-trained colt earned 20 qualifying points for the Run for the Roses, boosting his total to 25, which ranks 11th in the current points […]
[ Read More ]Not quite a bullseye but O Besos did fire a strong shot in Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes, nosing out 5-to-2 Senor Buscador for fourth place behind the same top three who ran 1-2-3 in the Lecomte Stakes a month earlier at Fair Grounds. O Besos had never raced beyond six furlongs prior to the mile-and-an-eighth […]
[ Read More ]By Saturday, we will be more than ready for the Risen Star card at Fair Grounds with three West Point runners sitting on go for stakes races, including a major Kentucky Derby prep. O Besos leads the charge, seeking his third straight win and stepping onto the main stage for the first time in the $400,000 […]
[ Read More ]O Besos made his West Point Thoroughbreds debut a winning one on Sunday, dismantling a sprint allowance field at Fair Grounds underneath jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. The 3-year-old colt settled in last place early before taking flight at the quarter pole, barreling between horses and surging ahead to prevail by 2 1/4 lengths on a […]
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