Kentucky Derby News

September 22, 2013

Big Day for Juveniles: Hopeful Winner Strong Mandate, Romans Duo Work

Three of the most accomplished 2-year-olds on the grounds turned in major training moves at Churchill Downs on Sunday in preparation for what their connections hope will be a trip to Southern California and success in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup...

September 21, 2013

Quick Return on Investment for New Owner As Sky Girl Wins Grade III Dogwood

After being purchased privately for a lofty but undisclosed sum, Sky Girl provided new owner John Clay’s Alpha Delta Stables with a quick return on investment.
The 3-year-old filly found an opening on the rail in the stretch and ran down Irish Lute...

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...

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