Kentucky Derby News

November 9, 2016

Queen's Plate Winner Sir Dudley Digges, Surgical Strike, Casse Trio Top Churchill Downs' Commonwealth Turf

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...

November 6, 2016

Florida Invader Kiss To Remember Turns Back Favored Birdatthewire In Grade II Chilukki

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...

November 6, 2016

Rising Star Van Dyke Celebrates First Success at Churchill Downs

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...

November 4, 2016

Romans Set to Double-Team Rivals in Grade II Chilukki

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...

November 3, 2016

Calhoun Sends Mayla In Search of First Graded Stakes Win in Saturday's Grade II Chilukki

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...

November 2, 2016

Lukas Calls Triumph With Churchill Downs Racing Club's Warrior's Club in Spendthrift Stallion Stakes'Really Special'

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...

November 2, 2016

Birdatthewire Bids to Snap Skid in Saturday's Grade II Chilukki at Churchill Downs

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...

October 30, 2016

Noble Bird Targets Clark After Record-Setting Keeneland Romp

John C. Oxley’s Noble Bird is slated to make his next start in the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) on “Black Friday,” Nov. 25 after an impressive wire-to-wire record-setting victory in Saturday’s...

October 30, 2016

Lovely Bernadette Takes Rags to Riches for Third Consecutive Win

James M. Miller’s Lovely Bernadette rallied from last to score a half-length victory in Sunday’s fourth running of the $82,340 Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes on opening day of Churchill Downs’ 21-day Fall Meet.
Ridden by Robby Albarado...

October 30, 2016

Warrior's Club Delights 200 Members of Churchill Downs Racing Club With Spendthrift Stallion Stakes Triumph

Churchill Downs Racing Club’s Warrior’s Club gave his 200 members a thrill they’ll cherish forever when the 2-year-old son of Warrior’s Reward took the lead shortly after the break and never looked back in winning the inaugural...

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