Kentucky Derby News
September 21, 2013
Golden Ticket Works for Homecoming Classic, Successful Dan Will Pass
The field for the first running of Churchill Downs’ $175,000-added Homecoming Classic a week from Saturday still has Janis Whitham’s reigning Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) and Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) winner Fort Larned at the...
September 20, 2013
Pool Play, Agent Di Nozzo Work Toward First Homecoming Classic
Two horses that have enjoyed some of their finest moments over the main track at Churchill Downs worked at the track Friday in preparation for their respective bids for next week’s first running of the $175,000-added Homecoming Classic, the last...
September 19, 2013
Away Nearly A Year, Neck 'n Neck Works, Nears Return to Racing
It has been nearly a year since A Stevens Miles’ multiple stakes winner Neck n’ Neck went to the sidelines while training for a bid for Churchill Downs’ Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I), but a Sunday workout provided...
September 19, 2013
$500,000 Grade I Clark Handicap Heads Churchill Downs' $1.625 Million Fall Meet Stakes Schedule
The 139th running of the $500,000-added Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I), a race that shares a rich history with the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and the Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI), is the premier event on a roster...
September 17, 2013
Fort Larned Works, Will Run In First Homecoming Classic
Trainer Ian Wilkes has announced a change in the path that Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) winner Fort Larned will travel in his quest to defend his 2012 victory in the $5 million race in this year’s renewal at Santa Anita on Saturday, Nov....
September 15, 2013
Grade I Winner So Many Ways Heads Nine Fillies Entered in Dogwood
Maggie Moss’s So Many Ways, winner of Saratoga’s Grade I Spinaway at two and Churchill Downs’ Eight Belles (Grade III) on Kentucky Derby Day, heads a competitive field of nine 3-year-old fillies entered to compete in the 38th running...
September 14, 2013
BC Classic Winner Fort Larned Tops Nominations for First Homecoming Classic
It is a newcomer on the racing calendar, but Churchill Downs’ inaugural running of the $175,000-added Homecoming Classic during its new September Meet has drawn a high-powered roster of nominations that includes the names of five winners of ...
September 14, 2013
Vuitton Rallies From Last To Take $108,100 Open Mind
Vuitton took advantage of an early speed duel and rallied from last to run down Sweet Cassiopeia by one length to win Saturday’s fifth running of the $108,100 Open Mind at Churchill Downs.
Vuitton, owned by Gillian Campbell, Ralph and Shelly Stayer...
September 13, 2013
Churchill Downs to Host 'BIG GAME Watch Party' Saturday
Churchill Downs Racetrack will host a “BIG GAME Watch Party” during the races in its spacious 30,000-square-foot Plaza on Saturday (Sept. 14).
Admission gates will open at 11:30 a.m. (all times Eastern) and the first of 10 races is 12:45 p.m....
September 13, 2013
Hopeful Winner Strong Mandate Sizzles in Churchill Downs Work, Bound for Champagne
In his 78 years and lifetime in around horses, Hall of Fame trainer and four-time Kentucky Derby (Grade I) winner D. Wayne Lukas is not surprised by much when he reports to the track each day for morning training.
But Friday was a “gotcha”...
