Kentucky Derby News
September 15, 2015
Saturday's Downs After Dark to Feature University of Louisville raiseRED's Fight Against Pediatric Cancer
Churchill Downs Racetrackand University of Louisville student philanthropic group raiseRED today announced a partnership to highlight and raise money for raiseRED at the September 19 Downs After Dark presented by Stella Artois & Jack Daniels. raiseRED...
September 13, 2015
Barn Notes: Chide, Pleasant Tales Breeze for Saturday Night's Grade III, $100,000 Dogwood
Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider’s Chide breezed a half-mile in :48.80 Sunday morning after the renovation break in preparation for Saturday night’s 40th running of the $100,000 Dogwood – the feature event on an 11-race Downs After...
September 12, 2015
Barn Notes: Lanerie, Court Off to Hot Start
Spring Meet leading rider Corey Lanerie got a good start to the September Meet on Friday afternoon when he rode two winners on the Opening Day card with Fruit Ludt (Race 1, $3.40) and Jack Tripp (Race 3, $5.60). Lanerie expressed how happy he was to be...
September 12, 2015
Spelling Again Battles Back to Take $100,000 Open Mind, Give Cox 100th Churchill Downs Win
Spelling Again went straight to the front and turned back a late challenge by Heykittykittykitty in deep stretch to Saturday’s seventh running of the $100,000 Open Mind by one length – the first of four stakes races on the day at Churchill...
September 12, 2015
Dothraki Queen Rallies to Win $200,000 Pocahontas, Just Wicked Fourth
Magdalena Racing’s Dothraki Queen was last with three furlongs to run in Saturday’s 47th running of the $200,000 Pocahontas (Grade II) at Churchill Downs, but the 2-year-old filly rallied through a narrow opening along the inside rail, grabbed...
September 12, 2015
Cocked and Loaded Rebounds, Wins $150,000 Iroquois Presented by U.S. Bank
Cocked and Loaded, who was coming off back-to-back losses in stakes races in New York and Chicago, is now the points leader on the 2016 “Road to the Kentucky Derby” following a strong return-to-form two-length victory under jockey Emmanuel...
September 12, 2015
Frivolous Wins Third Stakes at Churchill Downs with Eight-Length Locust Grove Romp
Coming off of a runner-up effort in the Delaware Handicap (Grade I) at Delaware Park behind Sheer Drama, G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s Frivolous came from off the pace to impressively win the 32nd running of the $100,000 Locust Grove Stakes by eight lengths...
September 11, 2015
Barn Notes: Expected Ruler Looks to Give 20-Year-Old U of L Student First Graded Stakes Win as a Trainer
Liam F. Benson’s Expected Ruler, who is trained by 20-year-old Liam Benson, a student at the University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program will be looking to give the young trainer his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000...
September 9, 2015
Newcomer Conquest Windycity, Stakes Winners Expected Ruler and Cocked and Loaded Top Iroquois Field
Conquest Stable LLC’s impressive newcomer Conquest Windycity and a pair of stakes winners in Liam F. Benson’s Expected Ruler, winner of Monmouth Park’s $60,000 Tyro Stakes as a 47-1 longshot in his only career start, and Richard Ravin...
