Kentucky Derby News

WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, SF Racing and Head of Plains Partners’ Good Samaritan enters Friday’s $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) after being defeated by 5-2 morning line favorite Diversify in the Oct....

With more than 3,000 pounds of turkey ready to be carved, alongside all of the fixings, Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs has been a Louisville, Ky. tradition for more than 45 years.
“It’s probably our busiest day of the year outside of...

Mark Martinez’ Agave Racing Stable’s Fault, a former $50,000 claim in May, is set to take on Grade II company in Friday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (GII) for trainer Michelle Lovell.
“We claimed her back in May and she’s really...

Godolphin LLC’s Enticed, who finished third behind Firenze Fire and eventual Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) winner Good Magic in last month’s Champagne (GI) at Belmont Park, is among a promising and ultra-competitive cast...

Monomoy Stables and Michael Dubb’s undefeated Monomoy Girl, the impressive 6 ½-length winner of the $82,670 Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes, tops a field of a dozen 2-year-old fillies entered for Saturday’s 74th running of the $200,000...

Trainer Dale Romans has always described long-term owner Frank Jones Jr. as a “father figure” and the duo look to the future with Tiz Mischief, a probable entrant for Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) at Churchill Downs.
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George Hall’s Money’soncharlotte, winner of the Grade III Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park this summer, and Windsor Boys Racing, Bruce Lunsford, and J.G. Sikura’s Faithfully, runner-up in the Grade I Zenyatta at Santa Anita in September,...

Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Shining Copper, winner of the $100,000 Lure at Saratoga in 2016 and an allowance at Keeneland in his last start, will be the 119-pound starting high weight in an overflow field for Thursday’s 40th running of the $100,000...

Churchill Downs-based rising stars The Player and Honorable Duty are set to bid for glory over their home track, but both face a roster of accomplished invaders headed by a pair of Jockey Club Gold Cup (GI) winners in New York-based Diversify and the...

Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) runner-up Daddys Lil Darling headlines a contentious field of 3-year-old fillies entered in Friday’s 27th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (GII) at Churchill Downs.
The Mrs. Revere – the penultimate North...