Kentucky Derby News
May 15, 2017
Hence, Lookin At Lee Put in Final Breezes Prior to Saturday's Preakness Stakes
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s duo of Calumet Farm’s Hence and L and N Racing’s Lookin At Lee put in their final breezes Monday morning at Churchill Downs prior to Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (Grade I) at Pimlico Race Course....
May 14, 2017
Classic Empire Puts in Final Training at Churchill Downs for Preakness
John Oxley’s Classic Empire completed his Preakness Stakes preparations at Churchill Downs with a gallop over the main track on Sunday morning. The Kentucky Derby fourth place-finisher is scheduled to depart Barn 36 on Sunday at 5 p.m. (all times...
May 13, 2017
Cox Confident Moving Forward After Successful Derby Week
COX CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD AFTER SUCCESSFUL DERBY WEEK
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 13, 2017) – Trainer Brad Cox was a regular to the G.H.Mumm Winner’s Circle on Kentucky Derby weekend with three stakes victories: Benner Island in the...
May 13, 2017
Nobody's Fault Surges Late to Unbridled Sidney Victory
Robert J. Lothenbach’s homebred Nobody’s Fault surged late inside the final sixteenth of a mile to collar Triple Chelsea by one length and win Saturday’s seventh running of the $64,600 Unbridled Sidney for fillies and mares at Churchill...
May 12, 2017
Gunnevera Poised for Redemption in Preakness
Peacock Racing Stables’ Gunnevera returned to the Churchill Downs surface under Victor O’Farrell on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. (all times Eastern) to complete his final preparations in Louisville, Ky. before the May 20 Preakness Stakes (Grade...
May 11, 2017
Classic Empire Continues Prep for Preakness
Five days removed from a fourth-place effort in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), John Oxley’s Classic Empire continued his preparation for the May 20 Preakness (GI) with a jog under Martin Rivera at 6 a.m. (all times...
May 10, 2017
Spring Meet Racing Returns to Churchill Downs With Twilight Thursdays, Mother's Day, Return of 20-Cent Single 6 Jackpot
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 10, 2017) – After a spectacular opening week highlighted by the 143rd runnings of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Longines Kentucky Oaks, the Churchill Downs Spring Meet resumes with a week highlighted...
May 10, 2017
Trio of Kentucky Derby Runners Return to Churchill Downs Track
Three horses that chased Always Dreaming to the finish line in last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) returned to the track on a warm Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs.
John Oxley’s Classic...
May 10, 2017
Nobody's Fault Heads Field of 11 Entered Saturday's Unbridled Sidney
Lothenbach Stables’ homebred Nobody’s Fault, runner-up to Group I winner Lady Aurelia in the Giant’s Causeway last month at Keeneland, heads a field of 11 fillies and mares entered Wednesday for Saturday’s seventh running of the...
May 9, 2017
Kentucky Derby Winner Almost Dreaming Departs Churchill Downs, Bound For Preakness
Always Dreaming, hero of last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), departed Churchill Downs at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday morning for the short ride to Louisville International Airport and a flight that would...
