Kentucky Derby News
May 4, 2015
Finnegans Wake Wins Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic
Donegal Racing’s Finnegans Wake made the last run count as he got up in the final strides to win the 29th running of the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (GI) for 4-year-olds and up.
Finnegans Wake, closing on the far outside, got up...
May 4, 2015
Derby Top Three Doing Well; Lukas Mulls Preakness For Mr. Z
The top three finishers from Saturday’s 141st Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) were doing well Monday morning at Churchill Downs.
American Pharoah and Dortmund, the 1-3 finishers, walked the shedrow at trainer Bob Baffert’s barn...
May 4, 2015
O.A.R. with Very Special Guests Allen Stone and Brynn Elliott Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Churchill Downs Paddock Plaza
LOUISVILLE, KY (May 4, 2015) — Churchill Downs, America's most famous racetrack, is excited to announce a unique live concert experience this Fall. See O.A.R. live on stage with guests Allen Stone & Brynn Elliott under the Twin Spires...
May 3, 2015
Record Breaking 170,513 fans watch American Pharoah take home 141st ‘Run for the Roses’ in the final stretch
141st ‘Run for the Roses’ in the final stretch
Highest all-time wagering from all-sources on both the Kentucky Derby Day program and the Kentucky Derby race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 2, 2015) – It was ideal weather for the 141st running...
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...
