Kentucky Derby News

November 24, 2015

Travers Winner Keen Ice Tackles BC Classic Runner-Up Effinex, Reigning Champ Hoppertunity In Grade I Clark Handicap

Donegal Racing’s Travers Stakes (GI) winner Keen Ice, the only horse to defeat Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) winner American Pharoah during the latter’s historic Triple Crown season, will attempt to complete his 3-year-old...

November 23, 2015

Tom's Ready, Stewart Bid To Continue Momentum In Kentucky Jockey Club

TOM’S READY LOOKS TO CONTINUE MOMENTUM FOR STEWART IN GRADE II KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015) – GMB Racing’s Tom’s Ready, second in the Street Sense on Nov. 1 last time out, could potentially add...

November 22, 2015

Heart to Heart Returns for Grade III, $100,000 River City Handicap

Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart, a fan favorite for both his on-track success and the distinctive heart-shaped star that adorns his forehead, bids for a Churchill Downs hat trick when he takes on eight rivals in the 38th running of the $100,000...

November 22, 2015

Frivolous Entered in Thanksgiving's Grade II Falls City Handicap, Start Versus Males in Grade I Clark Not Ruled Out

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s multiple Grade II-winning homebred mare Frivolous was entered Sunday to defend her title against a dozen fillies and mares in Thursday’s 100th running of the $200,000 Falls City Handicap Presented by TwinSpires.com...

November 21, 2015

Keen Ice Breezes, Clark Start Up to Donegal's Crawford

Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice, who ended Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s eight-race win streak in this summer’s Travers Stakes (GI), breezed five furlongs in 1:01.20 on Saturday morning at Churchill Downs and remains possible to start...

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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