Kentucky Derby News

June 3, 2015
Grade I Winner Personal Diary, Cardinal Winner Strike Charmer, Catalano Duo Head Field of 12 In Old Forester Mint Julep 'Cap
G. Watts Humphrey Jr. and St. George Farm Racing LLC’s Grade I winner Personal Diary, Courtlandt Farms’ Cardinal Handicap (Grade III) champ Strike Charmer and trainer Wayne Catalano’s multiple graded stakes-winning duo of Hit The Board...
June 3, 2015
Let's Play Two: Churchill Downs Offers Free Admission To Fans Presenting College Baseball Super Regional Tickets Or Ticket Stubs
Churchill Downs will again invite college baseball fans to “play two” when the track provides free weekend admission to its live racing programs on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 to fans holding a ticket or ticket stub to the NCAA Baseball...
June 2, 2015
Keen Ice Breezes Four Furlongs For Belmont; American Pharoah New York-Bound
Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice put in his final work Tuesday at Churchill Downs before taking on Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner American Pharoah in Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) at Belmont...
June 1, 2015
Triple Crown Hope American Pharoah Breezes For Belmont Stakes; Heads To New York On Tuesday
Under cloudy skies, light rain and 58 degrees, Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner American Pharoah completed his serious preparation for Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) with a five-furlong breeze...
May 31, 2015
American Pharoah Set For Final Belmont Stakes Breeze On Monday
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner American Pharoah continued preparation for Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) by galloping 1 1/2 miles over the Churchill Downs main track Sunday morning with...
May 30, 2015
American Pharoah Gallops 1 1/2 miles; Baffert Reports Final Belmont Breeze Set For Monday
With only one week until the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI), Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner American Pharoah stepped up his training on Saturday morning with a 1 ½-mile gallop on the Churchill Downs...
May 30, 2015
Alsvid Outruns Champion Work All Week In Stretch To Take Aristides
Alsvid ranged into contention on the far turn and ran down reigning champion sprinter Work All Week to win Saturday’s 27th running of the $100,000 Aristides (Grade III) by two lengths at Churchill Downs.
Alsvid, a 6-year-old gelding who is no stranger...
May 29, 2015
American Pharoah Gallops; Barnes: 'Everything Is Super Positive'
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner American Pharoah, preparing for a sweep of the Triple Crown in the 147th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) on June 6, had a schooling session in the Churchill...
May 28, 2015
American Pharoah Jogs; Conquest Curlinate Will Bypass Belmont
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner American Pharoah returned to the Churchill Downs racetrack Thursday morning for a once-around clockwise jog around the one-mile oval. The 3-year-old, preparing for a sweep of...
May 27, 2015
Belmont Stakes Hope Keen Ice Breezes For Triple Crown Showdown With American Pharoah
Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice, who finished a troubled seventh in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), breezed six furlongs in 1:13.60 over a fast track Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs in preparation for a showdown with Triple...

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