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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