Kentucky Derby News

It’s been eight years since both the winners of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) and Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) have run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) and Distaff (GI), respectively, but, with less than one week...

Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open its 133rd Fall Meet with an 11-race program – all for promising 2-year-old Thoroughbreds – at 1 p.m. (all...

Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (GII) at Churchill Downs didn’t deserve a loser. But following a thrilling stretch run in the ninth running of the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up, it was a determined Hot Rod Charlie who re-rallied...

For the last several years, two of trainer Brad Cox’s three sons, Bryson and Blake, have been a pivotal role in his stable’s operation. Bryson, who graduated from Louisville’s DeSales High School in 2016, will now become a jockey agent...

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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