It was a good day at Kentucky Downs for Hall of Fame trainers Todd Pletcher and Steve Asmussen. Cogburn went wire to wire for a 3 ¼-length victory in the $2 million Ainsworth Turf Sprint (G2) on Satu...
Kentucky Downs bills itself as America’s most unique meet, which is 100% accurate. Even more unusual than the shape and undulation of its turf course is its megabucks purse structure. Saturday’s 1...
In the morning, Italian star jockey Frankie Dettori walked the turf course at Kentucky Downs to check things out before the biggest day of racing at the track near the Tennessee border. Turned out to ...
A kidney-shaped, undulating course, overflow fields and seven-figure purses make Kentucky Downs like no other track. The all-grass layout in the middle of nowhere lures horses from all over. Saturday�...
Kentucky Downs is one of a kind. Hills, sharp turns, undulations and an uphill finish make it unique among American racetracks, as does its massive purse structure. The all-grass layout not far from t...
It was a Breeders’ Cup qualifying weekend in Kentucky and Ireland, but we’re going to single out a 2-year-old gelding who won the $102,000 Smoke Glacken Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New J...
Get ready for another turf extravaganza at Kentucky Downs on Saturday (Sept. 9) – six $1 million races, two of them “Win and You’re In’’ Breeders’ Cup automatic qualifiers, and an overflow...
You know the purse is huge if Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher — one of the more patient trainers in the game — is going all in with Annapolis after a short three-week turnaround in the $2 mill...
By Richard Rosenblatt Once again, Mike Maker is loaded for the $1 million Calumet Turf Cup (G2) at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, with no less than four runners in a field of 12 going 1 ½ miles. Even wi...
By Ed McNamara The racecourses of Europe come in all shapes and sizes, and Kentucky Downs would be a perfect fit there. In the United States, there’s nothing like it. From the air, its 1 5/16-mi...
