Kentucky Derby News

June 18, 2016

Apprentice Jockey Katie Clawson Celebrates First Career Victory

Churchill Downs’ G.H. MUMM Winner’s Circle was greeted with a new face when 19-year-old jockey Katie Clawson guided Street Thunder, owned by Tom Grether Farms and trained by Kellyn Gorder, to a victory in Friday’s fifth race for the...

June 17, 2016

Stephen Foster Favorite Effinex Continue Breeder's Joyous Ride

On Saturday night, Effinex will continue the ride of a lifetime for breeder and veterinarian Dr. Russell Cohen when the 5-year-old competes in the 35th running of the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade I) as the odds-on morning line favorite.
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June 16, 2016

Gun Runner, 3rd in Kentucky Derby 142, Returns to Competition in 'Downs After Dark' Matt Winn

Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, Three Chimneys Farm LLC and Besilu Stables’ Gun Runner, winner of the Louisiana Derby (Grade II) and Risen Star (GII) at Fair Grounds before finishing third behind Nyquist and Exaggerator in the Kentucky Derby Presented...

June 16, 2016

Auntie Joy, Runner-Up to Catch A Glimpse in Edgwood, Returns for 'Downs After Dark's' Grade III Regret

Sanford Robertson’s Auntie Joy, runner-up to the streaking turf star Catch a Glimpse in the $150,000 Edgewood Presented by Forcht Bank (Grade III) on the Kentucky Oaks undercard, returns to action against 10 other 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s...

June 16, 2016

Action-Packed Churchill Downs Week Features Stephen Foster, Downs After Dark, Father's Day & Twilight Thursday

The busiest week at Churchill Downs Racetrack since Kentucky Derby and Oaks Week launches a four-day run on Thursday, June 16 that features Saturday’s “Downs After Dark Presented by Stella Artois and El Jimador” night racing “White...

June 16, 2016

Confident Hernandez Hopes for Big Runs by Five Stephen Foster Night Stakes Mounts

Saturday night at Churchill Downs has potential to be a prosperous one for jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. who has live mounts in each of the five graded stakes: Eagle in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade I), Ahh Chocolate in the $200,000 Fleur de...

June 15, 2016

Final Work for Ahh Chocolate in Advance of Stephen Foster Night's Fleur De Lis

Stoneway Farm’s Ahh Chocolate, winner of Pimlico’s $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff (Grade III) on May 20, recorded her final breeze Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs for Saturday night’s $200,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap (GII), a 1 1/8-mile...

June 15, 2016

Effinex, winner of 2015 GI Clark, Returns As Even-Money Choice in $500,000 GI Stephen Foster 'Cap

Tri-bone Stables’ Effinex, the $2,682,950-earner who won last fall’s Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I), returns to Churchill Downs as the red-hot, even-money morning line favorite and 122-pound high weight for Saturday...

June 15, 2016

Champion, Kentucky Oaks Winner Untapable Looks to Regain Winning Form in Fleur De Lis

Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s 5-year-old homebred mare Untapable, the winner of the Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) and Breeders’ Cup Distaff (GI) in 2014 en route to being crowned that year’s Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, looks to regain...

June 15, 2016

The Pizza Man Reunites with Geroux For 'Downs After Dark' Grade II Wise Dan

The Pizza Man, the Eclipse Award finalist for 2015 Champion Male Turf Horse owned and bred by Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. of Richard and Karen Papiese, will be reunited with jockey Florent Geroux when the 7-year-old gelding meets a field of 11 3-year-olds...

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