The November Gateway: Decisive Moments on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse racing fans know the late days of November do not offer a reprieve; they deliver decisive action. Churchill Downs hosts one of the most vital two-year-old races of the entire year: the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. SIERRA LEONE He made his connections and bettors nervous with antics that delayed the Blue Grass...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. JUST STEEL He’s won at Churchill Downs at 6 ½ furlongs as a 2-year-old, and now that Just Steel...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. RESILIENCE Even at an early age, Resilience evidenced the kind of self-assurance you might expec...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. MYSTIK DAN After a runner-up finish in his debut at Keeneland last October, Mystik Dan broke his m...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. HONOR MARIE When Alan and Kerry Ribble went in search of a racehorse with Legion Bloodstock, the...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. STRONGHOLD California-based Stronghold has been to Churchill Downs before, successfully annexing h...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. DOMESTIC PRODUCT Chad Brown trains standout Sierra Leone and this colt, a Derby longshot. Domest...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. FIERCENESS The result of the Kentucky Derby may very well depend on how Fierceness fares at the ...
Everyone is confident and cautious. The owners. The trainers. The jockeys. No matter the odds, no matter the opposition, no matter the weather, they all have a chance to win the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1). Favorites win. Longshots -- and we mean longshots -- win. On top of that, in the past four...
Soaked and celebrating, trainer Ken McPeek was all smiles after watching Thorpedo Anna cruise through the slop for a dominating 4 ¾-length victory in the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on Friday. “Special,’’ was McPeek’s first reaction as he finally won the Oaks after th...
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