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November 21, 2015

Button Down Gets First Graded Stakes Win in $100,000 Cardinal Handicap

Canadian invader Button Down (GB) found the chilly and rainy conditions on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs to her liking as the 4-year-old filly swept past the leaders at the top of the stretch and held sway in the final stages to beat Lady Fog...

November 18, 2015

Kiss Moon Headlines Saturday's Grade III, $100,000 Cardinal Handicap

Carl F. Pollard’s Kiss Moon will attempt to land her second graded stakes win of the year when she starts as the 120-pound high weight and faces a dozen fillies and mares in Saturday’s 42nd running of the $100,000 Cardinal Handicap (Grade...

November 18, 2015

Canada's Button Down (GB) Narrow Choice Over Local Hope Kiss Moon in Saturday's Grade III Cardinal Handicap

Carl F. Pollard’s Kiss Moon and Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Emotional Kitten, winners of graded stakes races on the Matt WinnTurf Course, face a fleet of invaders led by Canada’s Button Down (GB), Greenwood Lodge Farm’s runner-up in...

November 15, 2015

Keen Ice 'Strong Possibility' for Grade I Clark After Sunday Breeze

Trainer Dale Romans says “there’s a strong possibility” that Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice, who famously snapped American Pharoah’s eight-race win-streak with a upset win in this summer’s Travers Stakes (GI), could make...

November 14, 2015

Baffert's Dortmund, Hoppertunity, Travers winner Keen Ice Head Nominations to Grade I Clark Handicap

Grade I-winning millionaires Dortmund, Hoppertunity and Keen Ice, along with Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) runner-up Effinex, top a star-studded roster of 23 horses that were nominated to the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (GI).
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November 14, 2015

Isabella Sings Springs 27-1 Surprise in Grade II Mrs. Revere

Isabella Sings, a homebred 3-year-old filly for Anthony Manganaro’s Siena Farm conditioned by the nation’s perennial leading trainer Todd Pletcher, scored a 27-1 surprise victory in Saturday’s 25th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere...

November 13, 2015

Thursday Winner Bullards Alley Possible for Grade III Commonwealth Turf

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Spalding and Faron McCubbins’ Bullards Alley, a three-quarter length winner of a first-level allowance Thursday at Churchill Downs, will be considered for a start in the $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (GIII) on Friday, Nov. 27, according to trainer...

November 13, 2015

Churchill Downs Honors Members of 2015 Class of Winner's Circle Governor's Scholars

The accomplishments of outstanding local high school students were honored at the home of the Kentucky Derby on Friday, Nov. 13 as Churchill Downs Racetrack welcomed members of its 2015 class of Churchill Downs Winner’s Circle Governor’s Scholars...

November 12, 2015

Brown Has Strong 1-2 Punch for Saturday's Grade II Mrs. Revere

Klaravich Stables Inc. and William H. Lawrence’s Partisan Politics and Long Lake Stable, LLC’s Tammy the Torpedo, both trained by Chad Brown,shipped to Churchill Downs on Tuesday from their Belmont Park base for Saturday’s $200,000 Mrs....

November 11, 2015

Brown's Partisan Politics and Tammy the Torpedo, Mott's Streaking Celestine Top Grade II Mrs. Revere Invaders

Klaravich Stable and William Lawrence’s Partisan Politics and Long Lake Stable LLC and Beacon Hill Farm’s Tammy the Torpedo – a powerful 1-2 punch from the stable of trainer Chad Brown –and two-time stakes winner Celestine, who...

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