Kentucky Derby News

November 22, 2016

Harmonize, Hawksmoor Top Deep Cast for Black Friday's Grade II Mrs. Revere

Harmonize and Hawksmoor (IRE), the 2-3 finishers separated by a scant nose in last month’s Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, headline a deep cast of 3-year-old fillies entered in Friday’s 26th running of the $200,000 Mrs....

November 21, 2016

Churchill Downs-Based Classic Empire, Not This Time Are Favored Individuals, but 'All Others' is Derby Futures Pool 1 Choice

A pair of stars based at Churchill Downs Racetrack – John C. Oxley’s Classic Empire (#2) and Albaugh Family Stables’ Not This Time (#16) – are the individual choices, but the Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others,” is...

November 21, 2016

Kentucky Derby Future Wagering on Not This Time Suspended After Announcement of Retirement

Wagering on Albaugh Family Stables’ Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up Not This Time (#16) has been suspended for the first of four pools of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens its four-day run on Thanksgiving Day.
According to...

November 21, 2016

Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager Returns; Opens Four-Day Run on Thanksgiving Day

Offspring sired by Tapit, North America’s clear-cut leading stallion with 2016 earnings of more than $18.3 million, are 10-1 odds on the morning line for the second annual Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which provides bettors with a unique opportunity...

November 20, 2016

Cardinal Handicap Winner Cash Control Will Spend Winter at Fair Grounds

Richard and Bert Klein’s Cash Control came out of her impressive victory in Saturday’s Cardinal Handicap (Grade III) in good shape, according to trainer Brad Cox, and will join the trainer’s Fair Grounds division for the winter.
“She’ll...

November 20, 2016

Grade I Winner Include Betty, Returning Go Maggie Go Head Thanksgiving Day's Falls City Handicap

Brereton C. Jones and Timothy C. Thornton’s Include Betty, winner of the Grade I Mother Goose to highlight her 3-year-old season, and Mike Tarp’s Go Maggie Go, winner of Pimlico’s Black-Eyed Susan (GII) and fourth to Cathryn Sophia in...

November 20, 2016

The Pizza Man Hopes to Deliver in Thanksgiving Day's Grade III River City Handicap

Multi-millionaire and two-time Grade I-winner The Pizza Man will vie for his 13th career stakes win when he faces a full field of older males in the 39th running of the $100,000 River City Handicap (GIII) at 1 1/8 miles on turf on Thanksgiving Day at...

November 19, 2016

McKraken Leads Wilkes' Hopes for Strong Thanksgiving Weekend Stakes Showings

Janis Whitham’s rising star McCraken is just one of several graded stakes contenders that could give trainer Ian Wilkes a successful Thanksgiving weekend at Churchill Downs.
The highly-regarded son of Ghostzapper created buzz following his Oct....

November 19, 2016

Cash Control Takes Complete Control in Easy Cardinal Handicap Win

Richard and Bert Klein’s Cash Control rated just behind longshot pacesetter Lots o’ Lex before unleashing a powerful closing kick in the stretch to easily win Saturday’s 43rd running of the $100,000 Cardinal Handicap (Grade III) at Churchill...

November 18, 2016

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Runner-Up Valadorna Works; 'Possible' for Golden Rod

Trainer Mark Casse’s son and assistant Norman Casse sent out a threesome of workers Friday morning at Churchill Downs in preparation for their starts in Thanksgiving weekend’s stakes races.
Stonestreet Stables’ Valadorna put in her first...

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