Kentucky Derby News

September 30, 2017

Awesome Slew Runs Down The Player in Ack Ack Thriller

Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Awesome Slew proved to be one of the nation’s top middle distance runners when he ran down up-and-comer The Player inside the final eighth of a mile to win Saturday’s stirring 25th renewal of the $100,000...

September 29, 2017

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Friday, Sept. 29, 2017

Churchill Downs Racing Club’s Warrior’s Club, winner of the 2016 $200,000 Spendthrift Stallion Stakes and recent Saratoga allowance victor, is ready for a chance to land his first graded stakes triumph in Saturday’s 25th running of the...

September 29, 2017

Warrior's Club Carries Hopes of More Than 200 Churchill Downs Racing Club Members in Saturday's Ack Ack

Churchill Downs Racing Club’s Warrior’s Club, winner of the 2016 $200,000 Spendthrift Stallion Stakes and recent Saratoga allowance victor, is ready for a chance to land his first graded stakes triumph in Saturday’s 25th running of the...

September 29, 2017

Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Bird Song Retires

Bird Song, a multiple graded stakes-winning homebred for Marylou Whitney, has been retired, according to trainer Ian Wilkes.
“He’s been a special horse to us on the racetrack,” Wilkes said. “He’s retired happy and healthy...

September 28, 2017

Barn Favorite The Player Seeks First Stakes Victory In Saturday's Grade III, $100,000 Ack Ack at Churchill Downs

Some horses hold favoritism over others around the barn and those sentiments are echoed nearly every day in trainer William “Buff” Bradley’s shedrow with 4-year-old colt The Player, the 5-1 co-third choice in Saturday’s 25th running...

September 28, 2017

Mr. Misunderstood Leads the Charge as 7-5 Fave in Jefferson Cup

Stanton Flurry’s Flurry Racing Stables’ Mr. Misunderstood will remain in his Churchill Downs backyard as he seeks his third consecutive victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Jefferson Cup (Listed) for trainer Brad Cox.
“I think it’s...

September 27, 2017

Honorable Duty Tops Contentious Cast for Grade III, $200,000 Lukas Classic

Honorable Duty, the New Orleans Handicap (Grade II) winner who was runner-up to current early Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) favorite Gun Runner in June’s Stephen Foster Handicap (GI), will return to action Saturday at Churchill Downs as the horse...

September 27, 2017

Veteran Awesome Slew Faces Rising Stars The Player, Warrior's Club in 25th Running of Grade III, $100,000 Ack Ack at Churchill Downs

Live Oak Plantation’s veteran Awesome Slew, a graded stakes winner who has faced some the top middle-distance runners in American racing during his 2017 season, will take on several promising newcomers in a group of eight rivals set to compete in...

September 27, 2017

Super Derby Winner Mr. Misunderstood Tops Jefferson Cup Field

Flurry Racing Stables’ Mr. Misunderstood will attempt to notch his third consecutive victory in Saturday’s 41st running of the $100,000 Jefferson Cup (Listed) for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course at Churchill Downs.
Carded...

September 27, 2017

New Regulations to Benefit Payouts to Horseplayers Set to Begin Thursday at Churchill Downs

United Tote, the provider of pari-mutuel tote services to more than 150 racing operations including Churchill Downs Racetrack, has implemented the necessary technological changes to begin processing wagers and payouts that will benefit horseplayers around...

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