Obviously ready to run, Magnitude broke through the starting gate early, was reloaded by the gate crew, then shot to the lead and never wavered in winning the $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) over a muddy Churchill Downs track on Saturday. Reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty, sent off as t...
Introducing the Historic $2 Million Stephen Foster Stakes The midsummer dirt racing division just reached a boiling point at Churchill Downs. By doubling the purse of the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes to a record-breaking $2,000,000, the organizers transformed this historic event into an absolute ch...
Excitement Builds for the Two Million Dollar Grade One Showdown Summer horse racing reaches its first massive peak this weekend at historic Churchill Downs. The legendary Louisville racetrack plays host to a spectacular afternoon of stakes racing, headlined by a truly historic renewal of the Grade 1...
Churchill Downs once again takes center stage in the horse racing world as it hosts the prestigious 2026 Stephen Foster Stakes. This Grade 1 event historically serves as a crucial stepping stone toward the Breeders' Cup Classic, offering the winner an automatic starting berth. A stellar field of sev...
On September 14, 1959, a “new” Aqueduct Racetrack re-opened with 42,473 in attendance. At the time, the $33 million structure was the world’s largest sports venue in terms of acreage, and hopes were that the city’s lone racetrack would be the backbone of racing revenue in the state of New Yo...
In a field of five, four of them – Sovereignty, White Abarrio, Magnitude and Baeza -- are Grade 1 winners. Saturday’s Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs feels like a mini-Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in June. Sovereignty, the reigning Horse of the Year, swept the Kentucky Derby, Belmo...
It was Aqueduct’s time to go, and you could see that coming from a long way off. For many years, it had been falling apart due to neglect, and Sunday’s card will be its last. How strange that New York City will no longer have a thoroughbred track. Aqueduct was the poor relation of the […]...
The Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) has featured some of racing’s best fillies and mares, among them Hall of Famers Rachel Alexandra, Royal Delta, and 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, who won the race in 2025. Saturday’s 51st edition of the $500,000 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs boasts one Eclip...
The $500,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2) headlines the turf portion of Stephen Foster Stakes Day at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Run at 1 1/16 miles over Churchill’s Matt Winn Turf Course, the Wise Dan is race 10 on the 12-race card with a post time of 5:43 p.m. ET. The Dan precedes the $2 million [&hell...
The summer has just begun, and already there’s a “Summer Showdown” in the horse racing world – Saturday's $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes G1) at Churchill Downs. Reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty returns to the scene of his 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) victory as the 6-5 morning-line favor...
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