Kentucky Derby News

May 13, 2010

Thiskyhasnolimit, Cool Bullet Duel For Hot Stables In Churchill Downs' $100,000-added Matt Winn

The stables that have been the hottest of the opening two of weeks of Churchill Downs’ 42-day Spring Meet clash head-on Saturday when 2009 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) winner Thiskyhasnolimit and Hansel Stakes winner Cool Bullet meet in Saturday’s...

May 13, 2010

Borel Happy With Super Saver, Post Position for Preakness 135

BOREL HAPPY WITH SUPER SAVER, PREAKNESS POST – A winner of three of last four runnings of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), jockey Calvin Borel will bid Saturday for his second consecutive victory in the $1 million Preakness,...

May 11, 2010

Romans-Trained Preakness Duo Completes Local Preps … Baffert Tabs Garcia … Mission Impazible to skip Preakness

ROMANS DUO COMPLETES CHURCHILL PREPARATIONS FOR PREAKNESS – Routine gallops were the order of the day on Tuesday for a pair of Preakness contenders trained by Louisville native Dale Romans, who is looking forward to saddling his double-barreled...

May 10, 2010

Pletcher's Aikenite Works for Preakness, Derby Winner Super Saver to Breeze on Monday

DOGWOOD’S PREAKNESS HOPE AIKENITE WORKS FIVE FURLONGS FOR PLETCHER; SUPER SAVER SET TO WORK MONDAY – Dogwood Stable’s Aikenite tuned up for an anticipated run in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (Grade I) by working five furlongs in...

May 10, 2010

Todd Pletcher on Super Saver, Winning the Kentucky Derby and Looking to the Preakness

One week after his long-awaited victory in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) with WinStar Farm’s Super Saver and seven days before the colt’s bid for the Preakness, trainer Todd Pletcher met with reporters Saturday in the...

May 10, 2010

Derby Winner Super Saver Works Under Borel; Gomez Gets Acquainted with Dublin; Rachel Returns to Work Tab

DERBY WINNER SUPER SAVER WORKS THREE FURLONGS IN :36.60 – WinStar Farm’s Super Saver worked three furlongs in :36.60 under jockey Calvin Borel after renovation break over a track rated as “fast.”Working on his own, Super Saver...

May 9, 2010

Romans' First Dude Fires A Bullet In Preakness Work

FIRST DUDE WORKS BULLET FIVE-EIGHTHS FOR PREAKNESS – Donald Dizney’s First Dude punched his ticket to Baltimore with a bullet, five-furlong work in 1:00.60 under Tammy Fox after the morning renovation break.
Churchill Downs clockers caught...

May 9, 2010

Keertana Wins Mother's Day Feature

Barbara Hunter’s Keertana collared pacesetter C.S. Silk at the head of the stretch and cruised to an easy 4 ¼-length victory in Sunday’s $55,854 feature race for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs.
    Trained by Tom...

May 8, 2010

Candy Cane Rallies to Win the Unbridled Sidney

Michael Dubb’s Candy Cane split horses in deep stretch to win the $54,972 Unbridled Sidney for fillies and mares by a neck over Ivory Empress on Saturday at Churchill Downs.    Trained by Rick Dutrow and ridden by Garrett Gomez, Candy...

May 7, 2010

Conveyance No Longer Being Considered for Preakness Bid … Lenclud Celebrates First Three-Win Day

CONVEYANCE REMOVED FROM PREAKNESS CONSIDERATION – Three-time Kentucky Derby (GI)-winning trainer Bob Baffert reduced his list of Preakness prospects in half Friday morning by declaring Zabeel Racing International’s Southwest Stakes (GIII)...

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