Dual champion and classic winner Essential Quality was represented by his first winner June 27 when 2-year-old filly Chopsticks won a maiden special weight at Churchill Downs in her career debut.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An undefeated grey colt named Essential Quality leads as the early 2-to-1 favorite ahead of Saturday's Kentucky Derby. That’s ...

Seconds after cheering Essential Quality to victory over Hot Rod Charlie in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) June 5, trainer Brad Cox jubilantly walked to the winner's ...

ELMONT – The original plan, after the Kentucky Derby, was this: Saratoga, here we come. That was the blueprint laid out on the table for the fast, gray flash named Essential Quality. After he finished ...