Kentucky Derby News
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...
May 23, 2020
Breeders' Cup Winner Sharing Prevails in $100,000 Tepin
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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May 22, 2020
Attachment Rate 'New Shooter' for Romans in Matt Winn
With trainer Dale Romans’ highly-regarded Kentucky Derby prospect Dennis’ Moment on the sidelines, the Churchill Downs all-time leading conditioner hopes Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister’s $150,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade III) contender...
May 22, 2020
Two Races Added to Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that two races would be added to the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve,” the series of races that could produce a starter in America’s greatest race.
The extended...
May 21, 2020
Walsh Anxiously Awaiting Maxfield's Return in Saturday's $150,000 Matt Winn
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 21, 2020) – Godolphin’s Maxfield was made the 5-2 morning...
May 21, 2020
Mr Dumas Down Ritzy A.P. in Thursday Feature
Mr Dumas collared pacesetter Ritzy A.P. with a furlong to run and drew away in the final stages to win Thursday’s $84,595 feature race at Churchill Downs by a half-length. Casa Creed and 6-5 favorite Front Run the Fed, finished third and fourth,...
May 20, 2020
Maxfield Takes on Major Fed, Ny Traffic in Grade III, $150,000 Matt Winn
Godolphin’s undefeated Grade I winner Maxfield is set to face 11 rivals, including Lloyd Madison Farm’s Risen Star (GII) runner-up Major Fed and John Fanelli, Cash is King and Paul Braverman’s Louisiana Derby (GII) runner-up Ny Traffic,...
May 20, 2020
Multiple Graded Stakes Winners Owendale, Mr. Money Clash in $100,000 Blame
Multiple graded stakes winners Mr. Money and Owendale headline a solid field of 14 older horses in Saturday’s first running of the $100,000 Blame presented by Norton Healthcare – a potential steppingstone to the $500,000 Stephen Foster (Grade...
