Kentucky Derby News
June 5, 2011
Salty Strike Rolls in Dogwood; Might Fades to Fifth
Craig B Singer’s Salty Strike took the lead approaching the top of the stretch and drew away to an emphatic 3 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s 37th running of $109,300 Grade III Dogwood Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.
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June 5, 2011
Noble's Promise Takes Aristides, Completes McPeek Stakes Sweep
Chasing Dreams Racing 2008’s favored Noble’s Promise, the fifth-place finisher behind Super Saver in the 2010 Kentucky Derby, returned to Churchill Downs on Saturday and wore down Atta Boy Roy in the stretch to score a one-length victory in...
June 5, 2011
Santiva Works Five Furlongs, Belmont-Bound on Tuesday
SANTIVA WORKS, BOUND FOR BELMONT STAKES ON TUESDAY – Tom Walters’ Santiva, sixth to Team Valor International’s Animal Kingdom in the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), tuned up for a run in next week’s...
June 5, 2011
Grade I Winners 'Candyman', Here Comes Ben Top Aristides
A strong field of eight accomplished sprinters headed by Grade I stakes winners Capt Candyman Can and Here Comes Ben and defending winner Riley Tucker has been entered to compete in Saturday’s 23rd running of the $100,000-added Aristides (Grade...
June 5, 2011
Preakness Hope Sway Away Works Six Furlongs, Dance City Set for Sunday Move
Batman Stable, Philip Lebherz, Cindy Olsen, Janet Sharp and Glen Wallace et al’s Sway Away completed his major training for a run in next Saturday’s Preakness with a six-furlong work in 1:13.60 over a fast track early Saturday morning...
June 5, 2011
General Quarters Works, Set for Friday Return
VERSATILE VETERAN GENERAL QUARTERS FIRES ‘BULLET’ WORK, SET FOR FRIDAY RETURN – Owner-trainer Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, a dual Grade I winner on turf and synthetic courses, prepared for a return to racing on Friday...
June 5, 2011
Team Valor's Meistersinger Rallies Late To Take Sunday Feature
Team Valor International and Gary Barber’s Meistersinger rallied past Scotus and Alstom in the final few jumps to win the $49,470 Sunday afternoon feature at Churchill Downs by a head.
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June 4, 2011
Mister Marti Gras Captures Friday Feature
Lothenbach Stables, Inc.’s homebred Mister Marti Gras rallied down the stretch and overtook the pace-setting Lonesome Street in the final yards to win the $55,143 Friday afternoon feature at Churchill Downs by a neck.
Trained by Chris Block and...
June 4, 2011
Might Looks to Step Out of Blame's Shadow
MIGHT HOPES TO STEP OUT OF BLAME’S SHADOW IN DOGWOOD -- Since Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s Might made her debut on Feb. 20 of this year, she has been known to most racing fans as “Blame’s younger sister.”
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June 3, 2011
Churchill Downs to Boost Overnight Purses 10 Percent
Effective Thursday, June 9, Churchill Downs will raise overnight race purses 10 percent because of higher than expected all-sources wagering levels through the first half of the 39-day Spring Meet.
Purses for overnight races – which include overnight...
