Kentucky Derby News

May 5, 2017

Stakes Recap & Quotes: Oxley Runs 1-2 as La Coronel Rolls to Edgewood Victory

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 5, 2017) – John Oxley’s La Coronel surged past her stablemate Dream Dancing inside the sixteenth pole to claim a half-length victory in the 33rd running of the $150,000 Edgewood presented by Forcht Bank (GIII)...

May 5, 2017

Abel Tasman powers from last to take Kentucky Oaks 143

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 5, 2017) – China Horse Club and Clearsky Farms’Abel Tasman rallied from far back and then held off a late bid from Daddys Lil Darlingby 1 ¼ lengths to win the 143rd running of the $1,000,000 Longines Kentucky...

May 4, 2017

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks Update: Thursday, May 4, 2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 4, 2017) – Several conditioners opted to move Thursday morning training sessions up a bit to beat what was forecast to be a rainy morning.

Instead, the most serious precipitation was a light to steady drizzle that...

May 4, 2017

Churchill Downs Stakes Recap: Buy Sell Hold Takes Kentucky Juvenile; Pleuven Prevails in Opening Verse

Kirk and Judy Robison’s Buy Sell Hold held off a late bid from Amberspatriot by a neck to win the 24th running of the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile for 2-year-olds.

Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Florent Geroux, Buy Sell Hold covered the...

May 3, 2017

Kentucky Derby Stakes Advance: Classic Empire 4-1 Morning-Line Favorite for Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire, the unanimous Eclipse Award selection as champion 2-year-old of 2016 and a three-time Grade I winner, has been established as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in a field...

May 3, 2017

Kentucky Derby Update: Wed, May 3, 2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire was made the 4-1 morning-line favorite for Kentucky Derby 143 when post positions were drawn Wednesday morning in the Aristides Lounge at Churchill Downs.

Prior to the...

May 3, 2017

Kentucky Derby Day Undercard Stakes Advances

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – Gunpowder Farms’ Divisidero will face 11 rivals Saturday as he bids to repeat in the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (Grade I), one of seven graded stakes on the 14-race program that is highlighted...

May 3, 2017

Eighth Annual 'Taste of Derby' Brings Delicious Start to Derby Weekend

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Wednesday, May 3, 2017 – Churchill Downs Racetrack announced today that the eighth annual Taste of Derby, presented by Stella Artois, will kick off Derby weekend with flavor and style on Thursday, May 4 at the KFC Yum! Center.

Taste...

April 30, 2017

The Money Monster Wins William Walker; Finley'sluckycharm Takes Roxelana

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, the all-time leader in victories and stakes triumphs at Churchill Downs, saddled The Money Monster? to win the 2017 William Walker. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)

Carl Moore Management’s Finley’sluckycharm,...

April 30, 2017

Young Ward Stars Head Thurby's Kentucky Juvenile

Trainer Wesley Ward, who beat the boys with the filly Silvertoni in 2016, will send out the filly Happy Like a Fool and Waterford Stable’s McErin as a coupled entry for Thursday’s 24th running of the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile for 2-year-olds...

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