When Magnitude romped by 9 ¾ lengths in the Feb. 15 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, he looked like a horse poised for success at Churchill Downs.
A mix of the old and the new highlights the Black Friday running of the Grade 2 Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare at Churchill Downs. A few promising 3-year-olds facing some seasoned veterans offers an intriguing betting puzzle in one of the year’s few remaining well-known races for the dirt male division.
Todd Pletcher has won more than 5,850 races in his extraordinary training career. One stands out above the rest.
That would be the 2007 Belmont Stakes, when big-hearted Rags to Riches became only the third filly to win the famed “Test of the Champion” and the first since Tanya in 1905.
