Kentucky Derby News
December 3, 2013
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 $2 Win & Exacta Will-Pays
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December 2, 2013
Unforgettable Clark Handicap Finish Highlights Exciting, Challenging 2013 Fall Meet at Churchill Downs
A dramatic renewal of the $550,700 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) won in heart-pounding fashion by Willis D. Horton’s Will Take Charge was the unquestionable highlight of a compelling racing season, but business levels during...
December 1, 2013
Vexed Wins Golden Rod, Gives Iconic Claiborne Farm Record-Equaling 32nd Stakes Win at Churchill Downs
Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider’s homebred Vexed raced close to the pace throughout and drew clear in the stretch to win Saturday’s 70th running of the $169,050 Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs by one-length over a game Bird...
December 1, 2013
Tapiture Earns First Career Victory in Churchill Downs' Kentucky Jockey Club
Tapiture had failed to find the winner’s circle in the first three races of his young career, but he displayed a liking for a brighter spotlight when he rallied from just off the pace under jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. for an easy 4 ¼-length...
November 30, 2013
Stonetastic Returns to Churchill Downs in Search of Golden Rod Redemption
The last time Stoneway Farm’s Stonetastic visited Churchill Downs, she returned to her home base in New Jersey with a near-miss loss that was also the first setback in her promising young career.
But trainer Kelly Breen’s imposing gray daughter...
November 30, 2013
Will Take Charge Edges Game On Dude in Final Jump of Championship Showdown in Clark Handicap
Willis D. Horton’s Will Take Charge, beaten a nose by Mucho Macho Man in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) on Nov. 2, launched a furious late rally under jockey Luis Saez to catch favored Game On Dude in the final jump to win...
November 30, 2013
Will Take Charge Well on Morning After Stirring Clark Handicap Victory
On the morning after his dramatic, last-gasp victory over favored Game On Dude in the 139th running of the $500,000-added Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I), Willis D. Horton’s Will Take Charge was accepting peppermints from...
November 30, 2013
Statement from Trainer Pat Byrne on Late Scratch of Favored Almost Famous from Kentucky Jockey Club
“He popped a “stone gravel” – a stone bruise. It popped out of his coronet band yesterday. He’s sound on it and we were able to treat it topically. He was fine this morning. The state vet was here and she thought he was sound....
November 29, 2013
Romans Positions Juveniles for Spring; Wine Princess Well, Prepares for Departure for New Career
After an uncharacteristically slow start following his first Eclipse Award season as a trainer, Dale Romans gained momentum in the second half of 2013 largely on the strength of promising young horses in his barn.
The Louisville native hopes to expand...
November 28, 2013
Almost Famous Made 6-5 Favorite to Land Saturday's 'Stars of Tomorrow II' Kentucky Jockey Club
Chuck and Maribeth Sandford’s Almost Famous, one of the nation’s most tantalizing 2-year-old prospects, landed post position No. 1 and heads a field of 10 juveniles entered for Saturday’s 87th running of the $150,000-added Kentucky Jockey...