Kentucky Derby News

June 15, 2017

A Well-Matched Dozen Turf Fillies Set To Meet in 'Downs After Dark' Grade III Regret

William Pacella, Frank Jones and Frank Shoop’s Sweeping Paddy and Patricia Moseley’s Proctor’s Ledge, the third and fourth-place finishers, respectively, in the $150,000 Edgewood Presented by Forcht Bank (Grade III) on Kentucky Oaks...

June 15, 2017

Geroux Confident Prior to Riding Gun Runner in Saturday's Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap

– Jockey Florent Geroux has won more than 1,100 races in his career, including three victories in the Breeders’ Cup, but Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by GE Appliances (Grade I) could kick start a memorable 2017...

June 14, 2017

World No. 4 Gun Runner Heads Field of Eight for Grade I, $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap

Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner, ranked fourth on the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, will return to action Saturday night at Churchill Downs as the 4-5 morning line favorite and 124-pound high weight...

June 14, 2017

Forever Unbridled To Make First Start of Year in $200,000, Grade II Fleur de Lis

Charles E. Fipke’s 5-year-old homebred mare Forever Unbridled, who finished third behind champions Beholder and Songbird in last November’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Grade I) at Santa Anita, will make her first start of the year as the...

June 14, 2017

McCraken Makes Post-Derby Return in Saturday's Grade III Matt Winn

Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s multiple stakes-winning homebred colt McCraken is the odds-on 4-5 favorite against five other 3-year-olds in Saturday’s 20th running of the $100,000 Matt Winn (Grade III) at Churchill Downs as the son of Ghostzapper...

June 12, 2017

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Gun Runner Records Final Breeze for Saturday Night's $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap

Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner, the favorite and 124-pound high weight for Saturday’s 36th running of the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by GE Appliances (Grade I), completed his final major preparations...

June 11, 2017

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Downs After Dark, Stephen Foster Handicap Return Saturday Night

One of Louisville’s biggest summer parties returns in earnest to Churchill Downs on Saturday as the home of the Kentucky Derby welcomes back its wildly-popular “Downs After Dark Presented by Stella Artois and el Jimador” nighttime racing...

June 10, 2017

Argentina Champ Dona Bruja Wins U.S. Debut in Old Forester Mint Julep

Dom Felipe LLC’s Argentina invader Dona Bruja (ARG) ran down pacesetter and 3-5 favorite Believe in Bertie in deep stretch to win Saturday’s 41st running of the $100,000 Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap (GIII) at Churchill Downs by 1 ½...

June 9, 2017

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Local Connections Set for Big Weekend at Belmont Park

Several Churchill Downs-based connections are in Elmont, NY this weekend for Belmont Park’s “Racing Festival” centered around the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (Grade I).
Locally, Churchill Downs’...

June 8, 2017

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Believe in Bertie Seeks First Graded Stakes Win

Klein Racing’s Believe in Bertie, a narrow runner-up in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by Longines (GII) on the Kentucky Derby undercard, has her eye on her first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Old Forester Mint Julep...

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