Kentucky Derby News

Trainer Steve Asmussen has found plenty of success in the past with 2-year-olds early in the summer and this year appears to be no exception as the soon-to-be-enshrined Hall of Fame trainer will be sending out a pair of his better juveniles in Saturday...

A colossal total Single 6 Jackpot pool of at least $3 million is expected to be up for grabs Saturday night at Churchill Downs on closing night of the Louisville track’s 38-day Spring Meet.
The massive $716,447 carryover was triggered when numerous...

Sagamore Farm’s Recruiting Ready caught the attention of numerous horseplayers on May 28 when he won his career debut at Pimlico by an astonishing 10 ¼ lengths, an effort that convinced trainer Horacio DePaz that his 2-year-old son of Algorithms...

Sagamore Farm’s eye-popping 10 ¼-length Pimlico maiden winner Recruiting Ready headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts and geldings entered in Saturday night’s 115th running of the $100,000 Bashford Manor (Grade III) – the...

Trainer Steve Asmussen will start Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Tricky One in Saturday’s 116th running of the $100,000 Debutante (Listed) in an attempt to collect his fifth victory in the six-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies.
The...

Black Hawk Stable’s 7-year-old millionaire Alsvid, who held on gamely to defeat 4-5 favorite Limousine Liberal by a head in the $100,000 Aristides (Grade III) for a second straight year on June 3, returns to action Saturday as the headliner in the...

A festive Downs After Dark Presented by Stella Artois and Jack Daniel’s celebration and the season’s final Twilight Thursday celebration highlight the final three days of Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Spring Meet, which will conclude its...

Trainer Helen Pitts-Blasi was faced with the decision to run her 4-year-old filly Athena in Saturday’s Roxelana Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs or ship to Arlington Park for the Chicago Handicap (Grade III). She opted for the former of the two,...

The John C. Oxley-owned and Mark Casse-trained 2-year-olds Classic Empire and Pretty City Dancer, both recent maiden victors at Churchill Downs, put in final serious preparations Saturday morning for their looming stakes debuts in the $100,000 Bashford...

Mary K. Grum’s Athena, the longest-shot in the field at 18-1, sat off the early pace set by 4-5 favorite Diva’s Express and rallied wide to inch clear inside the final sixteenth of a mile and beat I’m a Looker by 1 ½ lengths in...