Kentucky Derby News

June 27, 2012

Record Heat Prompts Churchill Downs to Shift to Night Racing Schedule on Friday and Sunday

Churchill Downs officials will adjust their post times and race exclusively in the evening for the final three days of its 138th Spring Meet due to looming near-record triple-digit heat in the forecast for Louisville. The first race on Friday, Saturday...

June 24, 2012

Positively Works Bullet Three-Eighths in Prep for Saturday's Bashford Manor

Chuck and Maribeth Sandford LLC’s Positively, a recent maiden winner at Churchill Downs, drilled a bullet three furlongs beneath the Twin Spires in :35.20 Sunday morning for trainer Pat Byrne in his last major training move prior to Saturday’s...

June 23, 2012

Morrison's Shesakitty Seeks First Win in Saturday's Debutante

Not many horses record their first win in a graded-stakes race, but trainer Lon Wiggins believes Shesakitty could do just that in Saturday’s $100,000-added Debutante (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
The 112th running of the Debutante, the first graded...

June 23, 2012

Dullahan Gets Back to Work, Will Point to Haskell

Donegal Racing’s Dullahan appeared on the Churchill Downs work tab on Saturday for the first time since his seventh-place finish in the $1 million Belmont (Grade I) and trainer Dale Romans said the son of Even the Score would run next in Monmouth...

June 23, 2012

Blueeyesintherein Gives Simms Back-to-Back Debutantes

Blueeyesintherein circled around horses on the far turn and powered clear in the stretch to win Saturday’s 112th running of the Grade III, $112,200 Debutante at Churchill Downs by 2 ½ lengths over Quiet Success.
Blueeyesintherein ran six...

June 21, 2012

Simms Hopes to Continue 'Miracle' Meet in Debutante

Trainer Garry Simms won last year’s running of the Debutante (GIII) at Churchill Downs with Flashy Lassie and he will attempt to repeat in the first graded stakes event in North America for 2-year-old fillies with Barry King and Dorothy Self’s...

June 20, 2012

Young Stars, Music, Family Fun Headline Next-to-Last Spring Meet Weekend

Only two weekends of racing remain in the Churchill Downs Spring Meet, and the next-to-last weekend of racing beneath the Twin Spires features a look at racing’s future stars in the historic Debutante Stakes, terrific live music and another Sunday...

June 20, 2012

Blueeyesintherein Could Give Simms Second Consecutive Debutante

Veteran trainer Garry Simms will bid for rare back-to-back wins in the $100,000-added Debutante Stakes (GIII) when he saddles Dorothy Sell and Barry L. King’s Blueeyesintherein to five nine rivals in Saturday’s 112th running of the historic...

June 17, 2012

Neck 'n Neck Rolls to Matt Winn Triumph

A. Stevens Miles Jr.’s Neck ‘n Neck ran away from the field in deep stretch to win Saturday’s $107,100 Matt Winn (Grade III) by a record 7 ¼ lengths over Stealcase. Macho Macho was a neck back in third, while Right to Vote, the...

June 17, 2012

Centre Court Wins 43rd Regret

Centre Court, the 3-2 favorite in the field of 11 3-year-old fillies, took the lead at the top of the Matt Winn Turf Course stretch and never surrendered her advantage, crossing the wire a length in front of Colonial Flag in the 43rd running of the $114,200...

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