Unfortunately, several of the top 3-year-olds of 2020 will not be back in 2021. Big names already retired to stud include the undefeated Nadal, the t...
With apologies to Bruce Springsteen, Richard Baltas was born to run.Be they in the claiming category or Grade 1 stakes, the 59-year-old trainer prides...
In this biweekly series, racing analyst Keeler Johnson will share promising horses from his handicapping watch list, reviewing runners who have recent...
The 2019 Bing Crosby meeting was a highly successful one for trainer Richard Baltas and his stable crew.Baltas secured the training title by a comfort...
If the definition of insanity is repeating something over and over and hoping for a different result, then trainer Richard Baltas seems to be a man po...
Many jaws hit the floor when Gamine decimated her rivals by more than 18 lengths in the Grade 1 Acorn at Belmont Park for trainer Bob Baffert. Wh...
It would be hard to blame trainer Richard Baltas for fretting over 2020’s odd scheduling of preps for the Kentucky Oaks. He could toss and turn over w...
Ce Ce goes will take aim at her third straight graded stakes victory in Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes at Santa Anita Park in a ra...
Richard Baltas has a two-pronged attack planned for the Grade 1, $300,000 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita, to be run at 1 1/8 miles on tur...
Horses from all parts of the country converging for Friday’s ninth race at Oaklawn isn’t a fantasy. It is the Fantasy, a Grade 3, $400,000 stakes race...