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Rigney Racing and trainer Phil Bauer celebrated a significant victory Saturday as Jonathan’s Way took the field gate-to-wire in the 43rd running of the $254,745 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs, earning the colt 10 qualifying points towards...

Rigney Racing’s Jonathan’s Way is the early points leader on the 2025 “Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve” after the Vekoma colt bred in Ohio won Saturday’s 43rd running of the $254,745 Iroquois (Grade III) for 2-year-olds...

William Butler and WinStar Farm’s Eight Belles Stakes (Grade II) winner My Mane Squeeze will return to Churchill Downs next Saturday where she’ll face a field of nine 3-year-old fillies that entered the 49th running of the $300,000 Dogwood Stakes...

Neil Huffman, a well-known horseman and respected figure in Kentucky’s horse racing community, has died at the age of 87.
Huffman’s deep love for horses and contributions to the Thoroughbred racing industry spanned more than 50 years, leaving behind...

Collinsworth Thoroughbred Racing’s undefeated Texas-bred filly Stilettos will attempt to win her third career race as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s $300,000 Pocahontas Stakes (Grade III), the kickoff of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks...

Several contenders are turning heads during their final preparations to the first “Prep Season” race.

The Road to the 151st Kentucky Derby officially kicks off Saturday at Churchill Downs with the 43rd running of the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III), headlined by Flying Dutchmen’s undefeated stakes winner Owen Almighty.
The Iroquois, run as Race...

Horse racing on the Kentucky circuit returns to Churchill Downs on Thursday (Sept. 12) with the first of three Twilight Thursday programs at 5 p.m. (all times Eastern) as the famed Louisville racetrack opens its 12th annual September Meet for an action-packed...

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