Kentucky Derby News

Graded stakes winners Break Even, Bell’s the One, Mia Mischief and Spiced Perfection top an extremely-competitive nine-horse affair in Saturday’s 17th running of the Grade III, $100,000 Winning Colors presented by Finlandia at Churchill Downs.
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Echo Town broke alertly, led every step of the way while racing down on the inside rail and fended off a fierce challenge by Digital in deep stretch to win Monday’s $78,960 feature at Churchill Downs by a half-length.
Owned by Lee Levinson’s...

Trainer Brendan Walsh reported Sunday morning that $150,000 Matt Winn (Grade III) hero Maxfield exited Saturday’s race in good shape and his team will begin planning for the next start.
“I have just been thinking all along to go one race...

Owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey won their unprecedented 500th career race at Churchill Downs on Sunday when 5-year-old gelding Spanned prevailed in the third race.
The Ramseys, multiple Eclipse Award winners who race their horses in the familiar white and...

homebred mare Lessons From Avery sprung a major upset in Sunday’s $74,488 feature race at Churchill Downs when she flew late to run down Art of Almost by three-quarters of a length at odds of 73-1.
Lessons From Avery paid $149.20 to win. Rafael...

Godolphin’s talented Grade I winning-homebred Maxfield made a triumphant return to the races Saturday at Churchill Downs when he rallied in deep stretch to beat Ny Traffic by one length in the 23rd running of the $150,000 Matt Winn presented by...

Rupp Racing’s Owendale flew late down the middle of the Churchill Downs stretch and ran down longshot Everfast to win Saturday’s inaugural running of the $100,000 Blame presented by Norton Healthcare by a half-length. Silver Dust was another...

Peter M. Brant’s Alabama (Grade I) winner Dunbar Road overcame a sluggish start and surged past Chocolate Kisses in deep stretch to draw off and win by 1 ¾ lengths in the first running of the $100,000 Shawnee presented by TwinSpires.com to...

Cannon Thoroughbreds LLC’s homebred Smooth Like Strait dueled Island Commish for most of the race before he put away that rival with three-sixteenths of a mile to run and comfortably won Saturday’s inaugural $100,000 War Chant presented by...

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Grade I) winner Sharing was victorious in her 3-year-old debut when she beat Abscond by a half-length in Saturday’s first running of the $100,000 Tepin presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs.
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