Kentucky Derby News
May 25, 2009
Babies Have Lukas On A Roll/Temple Street Returns Dividends To Cox/Leparoux Rolls in Riders' Race
Hall of Fame trainer D Wayne Lukas suffered through a miserable fall here last year, failing to win a race from 34 starters. What a difference six months and a barn full of precocious 2-year-olds can make. “We...
May 25, 2009
Brass Hat's Popular Win Earns Rest, Milestone for trainer/Mine That Bird, Rachel Alexandra to Work Monday
Fred Bradley’s homebred Brass Hat did not stick around Churchill Downs very long Saturday after his victory in the Louisville Handicap. “After he cooled out, we took him back to the farm (in Frankfort),” trainer William...
May 25, 2009
Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird, Preakness Winner Rachel Alexandra Work; Filly's Belmont Status Still Pending
The stars of the 2009 Triple Crown season ignored rainy weather at Churchill Downs on Monday as Kentucky Derby (Grade I) winner and Preakness (GI) runner-up Mine That Bird and the Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra turned in workouts over a “sloppy”...
May 25, 2009
BARN NOTES (5.25.09) -- Rachel Works, Belmont Decision Pending/Mine That Bird Breezes Under Borel, Jockey Decision Delayed
RACHEL ALEXANDRA WORKS HALF-MILE IN :50.20, NO DECISION ON BELMONT – With majority owner Jess Jackson of Stonestreet Stables looking on, Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) and Preakness Stakes (Grade I) winner Rachel Alexandra worked a half-mile in :50.20...
May 25, 2009
Third 50-Cent Pick 4 Added to Wagering Menu
Churchill Downs will add a third Pick 4 to its Spring Meet wagering menu, effective Friday, May 29.
The multi-race wager, offered for the bargain minimum of 50 cents, requires bettors to select the winner of four consecutive races.
The new mid-card Pick...
May 24, 2009
Borel Bandwagon Crowded/Calvin & Byrne In Saturday's 'Get in the Game' Seminar/Monday Work For 'Bird'?
Jockey Calvin Borel is not assured of having a mount in the June 6 Belmont Stakes (Grade I), but the leadup to the third jewel of the Triple Crown will have his fingerprints all over it. Borel’s agent, Jerry Hissam, has a lot more...
May 23, 2009
Speedy Dubai Majesty Heads Grade III Winning Colors on Monday's Memorial Day Card at Churchill Downs
Martin Racing Stable and Dan Morgan’s Dubai Majesty, the pacesetter in the Humana Distaff (Grade I) on Kentucky Derby Day, headlines a field of seven fillies and mares ages 3-years-old and up entered for sixth running of the $100,000-added Winning...
May 23, 2009
Churchill Downs to Request Reduced Racing Dates, Stakes Purses for 2009 Spring Meet
Due to a reduced number of entries and a decline in purse money earned from all wagering sources during its ongoing 2009 Spring Meet, Churchill Downs Racetrack (“Churchill”) will request permission from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission...
May 23, 2009
Leparoux Rides Five Churchill Downs Winners, Takes Feature on Complicity
Jockey Julien Leparoux rode five winners from eight mounts on Friday and capped his day at Churchill Downs by guiding Complicity to a 1 ¾-length victory over Hungry Tigress in the featured $52,270 Ever After Purse for fillies and mares 3-years-old...
May 23, 2009
Veteran Brass Hat Rallies Under Borel To Win 72nd Running of Grade III Louisville Handicap
Fred Bradley’s veteran Brass Hat collared favored Spice Route (GB) in deep stretch and edged clear to win Saturday’s 72nd running of the $111,800 Louisville Handicap (Grade III) by a half-length at Churchill Downs. In...
