Kentucky Derby News

June 17, 2011

Secret File Rallies To Win Thursday Feature

The Robert B and Beverly J Lewis Trust’s Secret File battled with Street Storm and Heavenly Landing down the stretch before overcoming those rivals inside the eighth-pole to take the $63,038 Thursday afternoon feature at Churchill Downs by a widening...

June 17, 2011

Fawkes Hopes Duke of Mischief is Big Trouble for Foster Foes

FAWKES EXPECTS DUKE OF MISCHIEF BE TROUBLE FOR FOSTER OPPONENTS -- A start in Saturday’s Grade I Stephen Foster Presented by Abu Dhabi was not the original plan for Alex and JoAnn Lieblong, Marilyn McMaster and Fawkes Racing, Inc.’s Duke...

June 16, 2011

Banned Leads 3-Year-Old Parade on Foster Undercard

While some of America’s most talented older horses prepare to compete in the $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (Grade I) later in the day, a trio of stakes for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds will share the spotlight with the...

June 16, 2011

Banned Leads 3-Year-Old Parade on Foster Undercard

While some of America’s most talented older horses prepare to compete in the $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (Grade I) later in the day, a trio of stakes for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds will share the spotlight with the...

June 16, 2011

Crown of Thorns Gets Feel for Churchill Track

CROWN OF THORNS HAS FIRST TRIP OVER CHURCHILL DOWNS TRACK – It was a long time coming, but Spendthrift Farm LLC’s Crown of Thorns finally had his first gallop over the historic one-mile track at Churchill Downs on Wednesday.
The trip around...

June 16, 2011

Churchill Downs Raises Purses Again; 15% Jump for Final Three Weeks

For the second time in two weeks, Churchill Downs Racetrack will raise overnight race purses because of higher than expected all-sources wagering levels. Effective immediately (Thursday, June 16), overnight purses will increase 15 percent for the final...

June 16, 2011

Pletcher Workmates Bid for Stephen Foster Day Stakes Double

PLETCHER WORKMATES LOOK FOR STAKES DOUBLE, POSSIBLE TRIPLE -- The Todd Pletcher trained duo of Mission Impazible and Excited trained together in their final major work for stakes races on Saturday’s Stephen Foster Day Presented by Abu Dhabi...

June 15, 2011

Giant Oak, Crown of Thorns Head 30th Stephen Foster Handicap

The Virginia H. Tarra Trust’s two-time Grade I stakes winner Giant Oak and Spendthrift Farm LLC’s Crown of Thorns, back in top form after dealing with a string of injuries, head a deep and competitive field of 11 3-year-olds and up entered...

June 14, 2011

Downs After Dark Returns!

Louisville’s biggest summer parties return in earnest to Churchill Downs for the final three weeks of the Spring Meet as the historic home of the Kentucky Derby welcomes back its wildly-popular Downs After Dark nighttime racing programs Friday at...

June 14, 2011

Regal Ransom Back at 'Second Home,' Crown of Thorns Checks In

REGAL RANSOM RETURNS TO ‘SECOND HOME’ FOR FOSTER BID -- Godolphin Racing LLC’s Regal Ransom, a multiple graded stakes winner of more than $1.8 million who will run in Saturday’s  $500,000-added Stephen Foster Presented...

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