Kentucky Derby News

November 12, 2021
Tale of the Tape: Bell's the One vs. Sconsin in Saturday's Dream Supreme
Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme will be the sixth time multiple stakes-winning sprinters Bell’s the One and Sconsin will face one another. Here are some additional details about the duo leading into the race:
Bell’s the One
Sconsin
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November 10, 2021
Bell's the One, Sconsin Set for Rematch in $300,000 Dream Supreme
Two of the nation’s most talented filly and mare sprinters, Bell’s the One and Sconsin, will renew their budding rivalry in Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
Saturday’s six-furlong Dream Supreme will...
November 6, 2021
Necker Island Wins $300,000 Bet On Sunshine at Churchill Downs
The Scherr Boys’ Necker Island, who finished ninth in last year’s Kentucky Derby, narrowly prevailed in a three-horse photo for the win in Saturday’s 13th running of the $300,000 Bet On Sunshine at Churchill Downs to beat Mucho by a...
November 3, 2021
Multiple Stakes Winner Bango Headlines Saturday's Bet On Sunshine
Tamaroak Partners’ four-time stakes winner Bango tops a competitive field of eight older males that entered Saturday’s $300,000 Bet On Sunshine at Churchill Downs.
Run at six furlongs, the 13th running of the Bet On Sunshine was carded as...
November 3, 2021
Racing Industry Remembers Jockey Miguel Mena
Friends and colleagues from across the horse racing industry continue to share stories of jockey Miguel Mena, who tragically passed away Sunday evening in an accident on I-64 in Louisville.
Mena was a fixture around the racetrack and spent nearly every...
November 1, 2021
Jockey Miguel Mena Passed Away at Age 34 Following Pedestrian Accident
Miguel Mena, one of the winningest jockeys in Churchill Downs history and a two-time winner of the prestigious Stephen Foster Stakes, was killed in a pedestrian accident on westbound I-64 between Blakenbaker Parkway and Hurstbourne Lane in Louisville...
October 31, 2021
Top Breeders' Cup Contenders Essential Quality, Knicks Go, Shedaresthedevil Breeze
With rain moving out of the Louisville area Saturday afternoon, trainer Brad Cox’s Breeders’ Cup stars Essential Quality (five furlongs, :59.40), Knicks Go (five furlongs, 1:01.20) and Shedaresthedevil (five furlongs, 1:00.80) logged their...
October 31, 2021
Hunch Bet Howling Time Wins $200,000 Street Sense on Halloween
Howling Time, the cleverly-named 2-year-old out of the mare Werewolf, was a popular hunch bet on Halloween at Churchill Downs as the 9-5 favorite rolled home to a 3 ¼-length win over Red Danger in Sunday’s ninth running of the $200,000 Street...
October 31, 2021
Sandstone Runs Away in Rags to Riches to win by 10 3/4 lengths
Susan Moulton’s Sandstone dictated the pace, turned back a challenge from 3-5 favorite Yuugiri at the top of the stretch and drew away inside the final furlong to comfortably win Sunday’s ninth running of the $197,500 Rags to Riches for 2-year-old...
October 29, 2021
Breeders' Cup Contenders Got Stormy, Juju's Map Breeze
On a crisp, fall morning beneath the Twin Spires, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (Grade I) contender Got Stormy along with $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) competitor Juju’s Map logged their final works at Churchill Downs...

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