Kentucky Derby News
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...
May 7, 2017
Kentucky Derby 143 Trainer Quotes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 6, 2017):
Todd Pletcher, trainer of Always Dreaming (1st)/Tapwrit (sixth)/Patch (14th) – (A very emotional Todd Pletcher shedding tears of joy): “I knew we had a big shot with this horse and I was hoping it...
May 7, 2017
Kentucky Derby 143 Jockey Quotes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 6, 2017):
John Velazquez, rider of Always Dreaming (1st) – “This is the best horse Todd (Pletcher) and I have ever come to the Kentucky Derby with. Nothing against all the others, but this was the best horse....
May 7, 2017
Kentucky Derby 143 Recap: Favored Always Dreaming Grabs the Roses Before Crowd of 158,070
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 6, 2017) – MeB Racing Stables, Brooklyn Boyz Stables, Teresa Viola Racing Stables, St. Elias Stable, Siena Farm and West Point Thoroughbreds’ favored Always Dreaming shook clear of longshot State of Honor at...
May 7, 2017
Always Dreaming Wins the 143rd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands in Front of 158,070 Fans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 6, 2017) – Derby fans weathered rainstorms and the unseasonal cold during the day, to watch post-time favorite Always Dreaming win the 143rd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands over a sloppy track. Attendance of 158,070,...
May 6, 2017
Jockey Quotes from the 143rd Running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 5, 2017):
Mike Smith, rider of Abel Tasman (1st) — “Immediately after her second-place finish in the Santa Anita Oaks, we (Smith and trainer Bob Baffert) both realized she probably needed a slight blinker. She...
May 6, 2017
Trainer Quotes from the 143rd Running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks
Bob Baffert, trainer of Abel Tasman (1st) — “It’s just exciting to win the Kentucky Oaks. We’d like to have a horse in the Derby but I’m so happy for the China Horse Club. They trusted me with the filly. And ‘Big Money’...
May 6, 2017
Abel Tasman Wins the 143rd Longines Kentucky Oaks in Front of Rain-Soaked Crowd 105,100 Brave Coldest Oaks Day Since 1940 Just Shy of Setting the All-Time All-Sources Wagering Record
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 5, 2017) – Fans braved an all-day rain and the coldest Oaks Day since 1940 as Abel Tasman captured the 143rd running of the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) at Churchill Downs Racetrack. The dreary weather, which...
May 6, 2017
Kentucky Oaks Follow Up Notes
ABEL TASMAN – An authoritative, last-to-first victory by China Horse Club and Clearsky Farms’ Abel Tasman in Friday’s Longines Kentucky Oaks is the latest example of why the world’s most prominent owners seek out Bob Baffert to...
May 6, 2017
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap & Quotes: Humana Distaff
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 6, 2017) – Juddmonte Farms’ Paulassilverlining moved past pacesetting Super Humor on the far turn and then held off a prolonged bid from Breeders’ Cup winner Finest City by a neck to win the 31st running...
