Achilles of Troy, who rocketed into the ranks of top Kentucky Derby contenders with a runaway romp in the Jan. 7 Count Fleet Stakes at the Big A, will be ...

The $200,000 Gotham (gr. III), switched this year to a two-turn race on Aqueduct's inner track at 1 1/16 miles, has drawn a strong field of 11 Saturday, including top-notch 3-year-olds Achilles of ...

Achilles of Troy should be up close, but there is plenty of pace in this compact field, including Songofthesailor and Take the Bluff, who beat Belmont Stakes winner Jazil in his last start.

And so it is that the character of Achilles, last embodied on screen by a lank-haired Brad Pitt in 2004's Troy, will this time be played by British-Ghanaian actor David Gyasi.

Achilles of Troy had been pointed toward the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. II) on April 15, but now is expected to be out of training until summer.

How good is Achilles of Troy, who followed a 14-length romp in the Jan. 7 Count Fleet Stakes with a 43/4-length tour-de-force in Saturday’s Whirlaway at the Big A? Not many standout 3-year-ol… ...