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...
Philadelphia sports fans have a well-earned reputation for being obnoxiously surly. They love to jeer home teams in times of trouble and clinched their sour reputation in the notorious 1968 Eagles game when they even booed Santa Claus and pelted him with snowballs. Now that’s a tough crowd! They d...
Is there an Oaks-Derby double out there for Brad Cox this weekend? Or for any one of five other trainers with entrants in both races? Cox has a double-double shot at victory in the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday with 7-2 favorite Tarifa and 30-1 Gin Gin, while in the $5 million Kentucky [...
Where’s Bob? Not at the Kentucky Derby. Still banished by Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) The 150th edition of the Run for the Roses is Saturday (May 4), and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert remains banned from competing in the race he’s won a record-tying six times. Does the absence of Bob Baffert ...
Several weeks ago, Scottie Scheffler donned the green jacket for a second time, the treasured sartorial prize awarded the Master of Augusta National. On Saturday, the victorious colt in the Kentucky Derby (G1) will be draped in a garland of roses, the traditional garb reserved for the winner of 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. Epic Ride replaces Encino, who was scratched. EPIC RIDE First on the also-eligible list for the De...
Mike Repole looks at things differently than most people. It’s made him a billionaire. Billionaire owner confident first Kentucky Derby win is at hand Years ago, when folks were drinking either soda or plain water, he came up with the idea of bridging the gap between the two and pretty much revolu...
It looked like his long drought in the Kentucky Derby was about to end on May 7, 2022. Epicenter surged to the front in upper stretch and looked like the winner until the final strides. That’s when 80-1 shot Rich Strike spurted by along the inside to devastate Steve Asmussen. Asmussen is 0-for-25 ...
A Kentucky-bred has a pretty good chance to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. First off, history says 115 of the 149 Derby winners were Kentucky breds – that's a 77% strike rate. Kentucky-breds are most common and therefore have won more Derbys Secondly, let it be noted...
The Kentucky Derby trophy, first presented in its modern iteration in 1924, is believed to be the sole solid gold trophy awarded for a major American sporting event. Hand-hammered from a brick of 14-karat gold, with 20-karat gold adornments, it takes more 2,000 man-hours to produce and months to com...
One never knows what a $2 win bet will produce at the Kentucky Derby. With such a huge field totaling as many as 20 3-year-olds, you’ll get some solid favorites who deliver and many more longshots coming through at their one shot at racing glory. Over the past five years, the payoff on a $2 [&hell...
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