Kentucky Derby News

May 25, 2020

Eight Graded Stakes Winners Top Saturday's Grade III, $100,000 Old Forester Mint Julep

Multiple graded stakes winner Beau Recall (IRE) is set for her 2020 campaign along with Grade III-winning stablemate Juliet Foxtrot (GB) as they face 12 rivals, including six other graded stakes winners, that were entered in Saturday’s 44th running...

May 25, 2020

Winning Colors Field Draws Graded Stakes Winners Bell's the One, Break Even, Mia Mischief, Spiced Perfection

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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May 25, 2020

Echo Town Prevails in Monday Feature

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...

May 24, 2020

Churchill Downs Update: Walsh Weighs Options for Maxfield's Next Start Following Saturday's Victory in Matt Winn

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...

May 24, 2020

Ken and Sarah Ramsey Record 500th Victory at Churchill Downs

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...

May 24, 2020

Lessons From Avery Scores at 73-1 in Sunday Feature; Single 6 Jackpot Pays $223,803

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...

May 23, 2020

Maxfield Wins Matt Winn, Earns 50 Points for Road to Kentucky Derby

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...

May 23, 2020

Owendale Flies Late to win $100,000 Blame

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...

May 23, 2020

Dunbar Road Returns in Style with $100,000 Shawnee Triumph

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...

May 23, 2020

Smooth Like Strait Runs Them Off Their Feet in $100,000 War Chant

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...

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