The 2025 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs delivers a compact but highly competitive field of seven promising juveniles aiming to start their journey toward the 2026 Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/16-mile test on the Churchill dirt traditionally identifies colts ready to stretch out, handle pr...
The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes returns this November 29 at Churchill Downs, and once again this late-season showdown offers something no bettor or handicapper can ignore: a final juvenile test on the same track, same surface, and same mile-and-a-sixteenth configuration used on the Road to the Kentu...
A Deep Dive into the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and the Road to the Roses The culmination of the Churchill Downs Fall Meet, the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, represents one of the most vital opportunities for two-year-old colts to earn qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby. This race, run a...
The November Pivot: Juvenile Campaigns Launch onto the Road to the Roses November asserts itself as the most pivotal month for juvenile Thoroughbreds, marking the definitive shift from short-distance sprint campaigns to the demanding endurance required of potential Triple Crown contenders. This peri...
First Resort found Churchill Downs to his liking, took charge entering the stretch and won the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) on Saturday. Ridden by Luis Saez, the 2-year-old Uncle Mo colt drove clear through the stretch and topped rallying favorite Jonathan’s Way by 2 ¼ lengths. Good ...
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...
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...
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