Kentucky Derby News

Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II), featuring Kentucky Derby (GI) winner Rich Strike, and the $300,000 Ack Ack (GIII) at Churchill Downs have been added to the list of races to be televised live on NBC’s “Breeders’ Cup...

Top Grade I-winning older horses Art Collector, Hot Rod Charlie and Happy Saver will clash with Kentucky Derby 148 hero Rich Strike in a stellar ninth renewal of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II) on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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Champion filly Echo Zulu broke alertly from the rail and used her tactical speed to wire the field of five 3-year-old fillies in Saturday night’s 47th running of the $274,000 Dogwood Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by a widening 5 ¼...

Two months ago after trainer Phil Bauer helped Rigney Racing win the Churchill Downs Spring Meet owners’ title, he packed up his belongings from his Louisville home and drove to Saratoga with a small string of horses to compete at the marquee summer...

L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds’ three-time Grade I-winning filly Echo Zulu will make her first start since finishing fourth in this year’s $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) when she goes to post as the likely favorite...

Rigney Racing’s Warrior Johny, an eye-catching 8 ½-length allowance winner one month ago at Saratoga, will test stakes company for the first time in Saturday night’s second running of the $275,000 Bourbon Trail at Churchill Downs.
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Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Grade I-winning sprinter Gunite will meet Patricia’s Hope and Mark Farrar’s speedy Conagher for the third time as the headliners in Saturday night’s second running of the $275,000 Harrods Creek at Churchill...

The combination of jockey Edgar Morales and trainer Tom Amoss has paid dividends over the last several months to horseplayers at Churchill Downs and the duo will team up once again with Michael McLoughlin’s $125,000 Ellis Park Juvenile runner-up...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Echo Again, an impressive maiden special weight winner one month ago at Saratoga, was tabbed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
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The Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs where eight 2-year-olds, including impressive maiden winner Echo Again, were entered to face undefeated Grade II winner Damon’s Mound in the 41st...