Kentucky Derby News

Trainer Pat Byrne always had confidence in his 2-year-old colt Just Move On, but his trainer was reassured Thursday at Churchill Downs when the 2-year-old son of Street Boss rolled to a 2 ½-length victory in a first-level allowance over 1 1/16...

Trainer Mark Casse will occupy three slots in the starting gate for Saturday’s 13th running of the $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (Grade III) at Churchill Downs, which will be contested over 1 1/16 miles on turf, with 3-year-olds Blackout (FR), Ikerrin...

It was back to work Wednesday morning for Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s promising 2-year-old McCraken, who put in his first serious breeze since a 3 ¾-length victory in the $83,470 Street Sense Overnight Stakes on opening day of Churchill Downs’...

Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Sir Dudley Digges, winner of Canada’s Queens Plate, is back in the United States and is set to face 10 rival 3-year-olds in Saturday’s 13th running of the $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (Grade III) over the Matt Winn...

Myron Miller’s Florida invader Kiss to Remember stalked the early leaders, poked her head in front at the top of the stretch and turned back a late challenge by even-money favorite Birdatthewire to win Saturday’s 31st running of the $200,000...

While polished Churchill Downs jockeys Robby Albarado, Florent Geroux, Corey Lanerie and Julien Leparoux were at Santa Anita for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Drayden Van Dyke travelled away from his Southern California base to secure mounts...

Trainer Dale Romans will be sending out his duo of graded stakes-winning distaffers Engaginglee and Birdatthewire for Saturday’s $200,000 Chilukki (Grade II), a one-mile event for fillies and mares on the Churchill Downs main track.
Owned by Paul...

Carl R. Moore Management LLC and Brad Grady’s Mayla will take things up a notch when she faces a field eight rivals in Saturday’s $200,000 Chilukki (Grade II), a one-mile event for fillies and mares on the Churchill Downs main track.
The Maryland-bred...

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has won many lucrative races in his training career, but a stakes victory for the 200 members of the Churchill Downs Racing Club with Warrior’s Club in Sunday afternoon’s $300,000 Spendthrift Stallion Stakes...

Although trainer Dale Romans is in Southern California this week for competition in the Breeders’ Cup Championships, the Louisville native will keep a close watch on his home track at Churchill Downs Racetrack where Forum Racing IV’s veteran...