Kentucky Derby News

September 26, 2019

Churchill Downs Moves Payout of 20-Cent Single 6 Jackpot to Saturday Night

Churchill Downs’ 20-cent Single 6 Jackpot, which totaled $63,034 at the start of Thursday’s eight-race program, will be paid out on Saturday night after the Louisville racetrack received permission from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission...

September 26, 2019

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Asmussen Hoping Tenfold Can Turn Churchill Form Around in Saturday Night's Lukas Classic

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ multiple graded stakes winner Tenfold is hoping to enter the Woodford Reserve Winner’s Circle at Churchill Downs for the first time in Saturday’s $250,000 Lukas Classic Presented by Budweiser (Grade III).
“It...

September 25, 2019

Multiple Graded Stakes Winners Quip, Tenfold Top Competitive Grade III, $250,000 Lukas Classic

WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International and SF Racing’s multiple graded stakes winner Quip will take on Winchell Thoroughbreds’ four-time winner Tenfold and eight other rivals under the lights in Saturday’s seventh running of the...

September 22, 2019

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Covfefe 'Primed and Ready for the Breeders' Cup'

LNJ Foxwoods’ brilliant filly Covfefe is on target for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (Grade I) following her scintillating eight-length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Dogwood (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
“At...

September 21, 2019

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Omaha Beach to Bypass Saturday's Ack Ack; Will Stay in California for Oct. 5 Santa Anita Sprint Championship

Fox Hill Farm’s Grade I winner Omaha Beach will bypass next Saturday’s $150,000 Ack Ack Presented by GE Appliances (Grade III) at Churchill Downs in favor of staying in Southern California for the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (GI)...

September 21, 2019

Churchill Downs Stakes Recap & Quotes: Breeders' Cup Next for Covfefe After Stakes Record Romp in $125,000 Dogwood

Grade I Test winner Covfefe easily dismissed five rivals Saturday in the 44th running of the $125,000 Dogwood (Listed) at Churchill Downs as the speedy 3-year-old filly rolled to an eight-length win over Bell’s the One in a stakes record 1:20.51.
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September 20, 2019

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Omaha Beach Set to Arrive Tuesday for Ack Ack

OMAHA BEACH SET FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARRIVAL AT CHURCHILL DOWNS – Fox Hill Farm’s Kentucky Derby (Grade I) morning line favorite Omaha Beach is tentatively scheduled to return to Churchill Downs from his Southern California base Tuesday at...

September 18, 2019

Churchill Downs Stakes Advance: Grade I Winner Covfefe Draws Outside Post in Saturday's $125,000 as She Preps for Breeders' Cup

LNJ Foxwoods’ Test Stakes (Grade I) winner Covfefe tops a compact field of six 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s $125,000 Dogwood Stakes (Listed) – the featured event on an 11-race program at Churchill Downs – as she preps for the...

September 15, 2019

DENNIS’ MOMENT TALLIES 10 POINTS ON ‘ROAD TO DERBY’ WITH IROQUOIS WIN; EASILY PASSES TWO-TURN TEST TO LAND BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE BERTH

Albaugh Family Stables’ Dennis’ Moment is the early points leader on the 2020 “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” after the promising colt confirmed his runway maiden victory with an easy 1 ¾-length...

September 15, 2019

LAZY DAISY OUTLASTS HIS GLORY IN GRADE II POCAHONTAS

Southern California invader Lazy Daisy and 43-1 longshot His Glory took turns sharing the lead throughout Saturday’s 51st running of the $200,000 Pocahontas (Grade II) at Churchill Downs but it was Lazy Daisy who emerged as 1 ¼-length winner...

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