Kentucky Derby News
May 2, 2015
Lovely Maria Takes $1 Million Longines Kentucky Oaks Before Record Oaks Day Crowd of 123,763
The Jones boys struck again in the Kentucky Oaks.
Owner-breeder Brereton Jones and trainer Larry Jones (no relation) combined to win their Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) when Lovely Maria charged to a 2 ¾-length victory over Shook Up to win the 141st running...
May 2, 2015
Owner Ken Ramsey on Scratch of International Star
Owner Ken Ramsey on the scratch of International Star from the Kentucky Derby: “The state vet got there this morning to check him out and did not like the way he jogged down the shedrow. Our blacksmith took the left-front shoe off and there was...
May 2, 2015
Competitive Edge Takes Pat Day Mile Presented by LG&E and KU in Stakes Record Time
Nancy Favreau, Kathy Psoinos and Michael Tabor’s undefeated Competitive Edge romped to a 4 ½-length victory in stakes record time to win the $200,000 Pat Day Mile (GIII) Presented by LG&E and KU for 3-year-olds, the first of seven graded...
May 2, 2015
Divisidero Blows Past Field to Win American Turf Presented by Ram Trucks
Gunpowder Farms’ Divisidero rocketed past the bulk of the field in the stretch to win the 24th running of the $250,000 American Turf (GII) Presented by Ram Trucks for 3-year-olds by three-quarters of a length over A Lot.
Trained by Buff Bradley...
May 2, 2015
Kentucky Oaks Winner Lovely Maria Gets the Money and Runs
Brereton Jones’ Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) winner Lovely Maria did not stick around Churchill Downs long to rest on her lilies as she and Grayson Farm’s I’m a Chatterbox, the Oaks’ third-place finisher vanned to Keeneland shortly...
May 2, 2015
Dame Dorothy Survives Three-Way Battle to Win Grade I Humana Distaff
Bobby Flay’s Dame Dorothy outlasted Judy the Beauty and Moonlit Stroll after a stretch-long battle to win the 29th running of the $300,000 Humana Distaff (GI) for fillies and mares by a neck.
Trained...
May 2, 2015
Tepin Leads All the Way to Win Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by Longines
Robert Masterson’s Tepin took the lead out of the gate and cruised to a 1 ½-length victory over defending race champion Coffee Clique to win the 30th running of the $300,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (GII) Presented by Longines for fillies...
May 2, 2015
Private Zone Takes Churchill Downs Presented by Twinspires.com as Bayern Runs Last
Good Friends Stable’s Private Zone put away longshot Nates Mineshaft at the eighth pole and drew off to post a 4 ¼-length victory and ruin the 2015 debut of Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) winner Bayern in the 81st running of the $500,000...
May 1, 2015
No Defections at Scratch Time for Kentucky Derby 141; El Kabeir Misses Morning Gallop
Scratch time for the 141st Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) passed at 9 a.m. Friday with no further defections from Saturday’s field thus leaving Charles Fipke’s Tale of Verve on the...
May 1, 2015
Feathered Leads All the Way to Take Edgewood Presented by Forcht Bank
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Feathered, making her grass debut, took the lead out of the gate and repulsed a stretch bid from favored Quality Rocks to win the 30th running of the $150,000 Edgewood (GIII) Presented by Forcht Bank for 3-year-old...
