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June 12, 2019

Quick and Rich, Paddys Day Lead Field of 10 Arabian-Breds in Saturday's Grade I, $100,000 President of the UAE Cup

Tom Fritz’ 2017 President of the UAE Cup (Grade I) winner Quick and Rich will take on 2016 President of the UAE Cup hero Paddys Day in Saturday’s $100,000 President of the United Arab Emirates Cup sponsored by the UAE Ministry of Presidental...

June 12, 2019

Fourteen Well-Matched Grass Horses Meet in $250,000 Wise Dan

Red Barron’s Barn multiple graded stakes-winning Itsinthepost (FR) is set to take on 13 rivals including Amerman Racing Stables Dixie Stakes (Grade II) runner-up Admission Office, Marc Detampel’s Opening Verse winner Siem Riep and Bourbon...

June 12, 2019

Eleven Well-Matched 3-Year-Old Fillies Meet in Saturday's Grade III, $150,000 Regret

Coffeepot Stables and Phillips Racing’s Winter Sunset will try for her first graded stakes score in Saturday’s $150,000 Regret (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
The Regret, for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course, is carded...

June 9, 2019

Stephen Foster Night Stakes Races Taking Shape

Saturday night’s Downs After Dark Presented by Budweiser 11-race program at Churchill Downs is highlighted by the $600,000 Stephen Foster Presented by GE Appliances (GII) and $250,000 Fleur de Lis presented by Budweiser (GII). Both races are part...

June 9, 2019

Getting to Know Trainer Tim Glyshaw

In the second part of a weekly series that will run Sundays in the month of June, we get to know jockeys and trainers in their life outside of the racetrack. Each week will feature a different jockey or trainer and today will feature trainer Tim Glyshaw....

June 8, 2019

Mom's On Strike Prevails in Grade III Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes

Carl Moore and Brad Grady’s 6-year-old mare Mom’s On Strike grabbed the lead with a sixteenth of a mile to run and held off late runs from Smart Shot and Limari to win Saturday’s 43rd running of the $125,000 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes...

June 7, 2019

Locally-Based Handicappers, Horsemen Give Belmont Stakes Selections

Racing’s third jewel of the Triple Crown, the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (Grade I), is set for Saturday. Locally-based handicappers and horsemen weighed in on the 1 ½-mile “Test of Champions.”
TwinSpires.com Handicapper Ed DeRosa:...

June 6, 2019

Age 'Only a Number in the Sand' for Veteran Trainer Merrill Scherer

Merrill Scherer is only a few weeks away from his 80th birthday but the lifelong horseman with more than six decades of experience in the sport continues to show a sharp eye for conditioning horses.
“I’ve done a lot and seen a lot in this...

June 5, 2019

Limari in Search of Fifth Win in a Row in Saturday's Grade III, $125,000 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes

Don Alberto Stable’s Limari will attempt to land her fifth consecutive victory Saturday when she tests stakes company for the first time in the $125,000 Old Forester Mint Julep (Grade III) for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on Churchill Downs’...

June 2, 2019

Churchill Downs Stakes Recap & Quotes: Aristides and Mighty Beau

With a furlong to run Saturday night’s 31st running of the $125,000 Aristides Presented by GE Appliances (Listed) at Churchill Downs, it looked as if six of the seven older horses could win, but it was Chris Wilkins’ 7-year-old gelding Wilbo...

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