Kentucky Derby News

Trainer Steve Asmussen was still beaming Sunday morning following Gun Runner’s stellar seven-length victory in Saturday night’s $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by GE Appliances (Grade I).
“There’s not more I can say...

For trainers Garry and Zack Simms, Father’s Day holds a special meaning for the father-son team after Garry was diagnosed with cancer nearly eight years ago.
Simms, based at Trackside Louisville, Churchill Downs’ satellite training facility...

Canadian-invader Breaking Lucky will attempt to avenge his loss to Gun Runner in last year’s $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) in Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by GE Appliances (GI) at...

Defending Wise Dan (Grade II) champ Pleuven (FR) is the 3-1 morning line favorite to defend his title in Saturday’s 28th running of the $200,000 race for 3-year-olds up over the Matt Winn Turf Course at Churchill Downs.
Owned by Nelson McMakin and...

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...

– 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...