While not affecting the Kentucky Derby (G1) directly, it’s a kernel of news from Churchill Downs involving races run on Derby Day. Churchill Downs, Royal Ascot, and Epsom Downs, three iconic racetracks, announced Tuesday (Dec. 12) an automatic entry/travel incentive plan for the winners of four gr...
Dornoch pulled off a refuse-to-lose re-rally in the final furlong and edged Sierra Leone by a nose in the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on an overcast Saturday. The track was muddy and sealed all day, which made for a speed bias with the rail the best place to be. Dornoch, the favorite in the [&h...
Less than two weeks ago, 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) Mage was a candidate to run in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in January and 2022 Derby winner Rich Strike was about to be sold at auction. That was then. The fortunes of the past two Derby winners came full [&h...
Confident coming into the race, jockey Rafael Bejarano rode Honor Marie according to plan, passing five rivals moving around the final turn and taking charge in the stretch to win the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race is one of the early preps on...
With the Breeders’ Cup in the rear-view mirror, and the BC Juvenile (G1) winner Fierceness now considered the really-way-too-early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite, the road to the 2014 Run for the Roses opens again over Thanksgiving weekend. And where else but Churchill Downs, home of the Derby, shou...
And they’re racing again at Churchill Downs. Home of the Kentucky Derby (G1), Churchill Downs returned to live racing Thursday (Sept. 14) after a rash of horse deaths from May 2-May 27 – including two on Derby Day – forced the track to move the rest of its spring/summer meet to Ellis Park. The...
The long road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) opens with the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs on Sept. 16 -- the first of 37 qualifying races that will determine the field for the Run for the Roses on the first Saturday in May. Churchill Downs made a few tweaks to the schedule by […]...
The Kentucky Derby, also known as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports," is one of the most anticipated events in the horse racing calendar. Set to take place on May 6, 2023, the 149th edition of the Kentucky Derby is expected to be a thrilling race, with some of the best horses and jockeys [&he...
2023 Kentucky Derby Post Positions, Entries, Odds and Predictions: Forte The 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) presented by Woodford Reserve will be run on Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The purse is $3 million, with $1.86 million going to the winner. US Racing is profiling eac...
2023 Kentucky Derby Post Positions, Entries, Odds and Predictions: Forte The 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) presented by Woodford Reserve will be run on Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The purse is $3 million, with $1.86 million going to the winner. US Racing is profiling eac...
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