Kentucky Derby News
November 1, 2015
Stageplay Wins Rags to Riches, Mo Tom Prevails in Street Sense on 'Stars of Tomorrow I'
Mike Rutherford’s homebred Stageplay remained unbeaten in two starts with a 1 ½-length victory over Dream Dance in the third running of the $84,400 Rags to Riches on Sunday at Churchill Downs.
Sent off as the odds-on 3-5 favorite, Stageplay...
October 27, 2015
Next Best Place to Watch and Wager on Breeders' Cup is Churchill Downs
Don’t have tickets to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course? The next best place to watch and wager on the year-end championship event in Kentucky is Churchill Downs Racetrack.
Churchill Downs will be open Friday,...
October 27, 2015
Racing Returns on Sunday for 21-Day Fall Meet
Racing on the Kentucky circuit won’t skip a beat after Keeneland plays host to the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31. Churchill Downs Racetrack will open its 126th Fall Meet on Sunday, Nov....
October 4, 2015
RIT's 31st Big Shot Photograph Lights Up Churchill Downs
Rain and unseasonably cool temperatures didn’t keep Louisville from making the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) 31st Big Shot at Churchill Downs a success.
Local volunteers, RIT students and local RIT alumni used flashlights and other...
September 28, 2015
Juvenile Stakes Stars, New Lukas Classic, Ideal Weather And Special Events Topped Successful September Meet
Strong performances by Thoroughbred racing’s future stars and a stakes event named in honor of legendary four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas combined with near-perfect weather and a strong schedule of on-track events during Churchill...
September 27, 2015
Saturday Stakes Winners Well, Look To Next Objectives
Ron Winchell’s Tapiture returned to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s $100,000 Ack Ack Handicap (Grade III) at Churchill Downs defeating favorite Viva Majorca who had to settle for second. This was the homebred son of Tapit’s first...
September 26, 2015
Saratoga Special Winner Exaggerator, Other Juveniles Work Toward Keeneland's Breeders' Cup Preps
Big Chief LLC’s Exaggerator put in his final work for the $500,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (GI) on Oct. 3 at Keeneland going five furlongs in 1:01 with Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard.
“He looked awesome,” said Julie Clark, assistant...
September 26, 2015
Tapiture Holds Off Viva Majorca to Win Grade III, $100,000 Ack Ack Handicap
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ reigning Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Tapiture grabbed the lead at the top of the stretch and determinedly repelled a challenge from fast-closing even-money favorite Viva Majorca to win Saturday’s 23rd running...
September 26, 2015
Saham Wins Grade III, $100,000 Jefferson Cup
Sultan Bin Mishal’s Saham rallied from the back in a field of nine 3-year-olds and finished down the stretch with a rush to win the 38th running of Saturday’s $100,000 Jefferson Cup (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by three-quarters of a length...
