Kentucky Derby News
September 25, 2016
Mines and Magic Wins $100,000 Dogwood; Paddys Day Rolls in President of UAE Cup
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s homebred Mines and Magic muscled her way through an opening at the top of the stretch to grab the lead with three-sixteenths of a mile to run and held off a late charge by Wonderment to win Saturday night’s 41st running...
September 25, 2016
Dogwood Winner Mines and Magic to Target Keeneland's Grade II Raven Run
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s Mines and Magic will target Keeneland’s $250,000 Raven Run (Grade II) on Oct. 22 for her next start following Saturday’s three-quarter-length win in the $100,000 Dogwood Stakes (listed) at Churchill Downs.
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September 24, 2016
Glyshaw Pointing Louisville Handicap Winner Bullards Alley to Dirt and Lukas Classic
A game second-place effort behind multiple graded stakes winner Da Big Hoss in the $594,180 Kentucky Turf Cup (Grade II) on Sept. 10 has given trainer Tim Glyshaw confidence that Bullards Alley can spin back in three weeks for the $175,000 Lukas Classic...
September 23, 2016
Stephen Foster Handicap Winner Bradester Targeting Oct. 1 Lukas Classic
Joseph Sutton’s Bradester, upset winner of the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade I) in June, will be looking for another victory over the Churchill Downs main track when he makes his next start in the $175,000 Lukas Classic (listed) on Saturday,...
September 22, 2016
Jerkens Sends New York Invader Saharan to Saturday Night's Dogwood
Last November, trainer Jimmy Jerkens invaded Churchill Downs for the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) with Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) runner-up Effinex, and hopes to do the same Saturday night when he sends Saharan...
September 21, 2016
Emmzy Attempts to Land First Stakes Win in Saturday Night's Dogwood
Zayat Stables LLC’s Indiana Oaks (Grade II) runner-up Emmzy landed the outside post in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies as she attempts to land her first stakes victory in Saturday night’s 41st running of the $100,000 Dogwood Stakes Presented...
September 18, 2016
Daddys Lil Darling On Her Way to Breeders' Cup After Pocahontas Win
Normandy Farm’s homebred Daddys Lil Darling made a sweeping five-wide move late to take Saturday’s 48th running of the $200,000 Pocahontas Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade II) by a diminishing half-length over hard-charging Ever So Clever...
September 18, 2016
Iroquois Winner Not This Time Likely to Train Up to Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Following an emphatic 8 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade III) at Churchill Downs, Not This Time is scheduled to go straight to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) at Santa Anita...
September 17, 2016
Preakness Winner Exaggerator Breezes at Churchill Downs in Pennsylvania Derby Prep
Big Chief Racing LLC, Head of Plains Partners LLC and Rocker O Ranch LLC’s Preakness Stakes (Grade I) victor Exaggerator breezed five furlongs in 1:00.20 on Saturday morning at Churchill Downs in preparation for the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby...
September 17, 2016
Engaginglee Springs Surprise in Grade III Locust Grove
Paul Lichtefeld and Jack Stewart’s Engaginglee collected her first stakes victory with a determined head victory over Miss Pink Diva in Saturday’s 33rd running of the $100,000 Locust Grove Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade III) for fillies...