Kentucky Derby News
May 27, 2019
Share the Upside Tops Competitive Edition of $125,000 Aristides
Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and Windsor Boys Racing’s Hot Springs Stakes runner-up Share the Upside tops a competitive field for the 31st-running of Saturday’s $125,000 Aristides Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
The six-furlong...
May 27, 2019
Multiple Stakes-Winning Mare Morticia Takes on Boys in Mighty Beau
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s multiple stakes-winning homebred Morticia is set to take on the boys in Saturday’s fourth running of the $120,000-added Mighty Beau Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The Mighty Beau, carded as Race 9 at approximately...
May 26, 2019
Mena Returns to Top Form Following Major Ankle Injury
One year ago jockey Miguel Mena was laying on his couch not knowing if he’d ever ride again after severely breaking his ankle in March 2018. Entering Sunday’s nine-race program at Churchill Downs, Mena left no doubt he was back in top form...
May 25, 2019
Kukulkan Could Target Stephen Foster Following Friday Allowance Victory
St. George Stable’s 15-time winner Kukulkan (MEX) could add his name to the list of entrants to the $600,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) on June 15 following a 1 ½-length victory in Friday’s $91,000 featured race at Churchill Downs, a...
May 25, 2019
Honey Bunny Wins Grade III, $100,000 Winning Colors; Gentle Ruler Prevails in Keertana
A jump in class to graded stakes company wasn’t an issue for the streaking 5-year-old mare Honey Bunny, who rallied past Astrollinthepark and pacesetter Upset Brewing in deep stretch to win Saturday’s 16th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors...
May 24, 2019
Quip Targeting Stephen Foster as a 'New Horse'
WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International and SF Racing’s Oaklawn Handicap (Grade II) winner Quip is at Keeneland preparing for a start in the $600,000 Stephen Foster presented by GE Appliances (GII) on June 15, and trainer Rodolphe Brisset believes...
May 23, 2019
Age Only a Number to Dickey Who Continues His 57th Year as a Trainer
One of the longest-tenured trainers on the backstretch of Churchill Downs is Charles “Scooter” Dickey. At age 78, Dickey continues to train horses and is always searching for the next star to join his stable.
“This truly is the good...
May 23, 2019
Let It Ride Mom Hopes to Transfer Synthetic Form to Dirt In Saturday's Winning Colors
Multiple stakes winner Let It Ride Mom will seek her first victory on dirt in Saturday’s $100,000 Winning Colors (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
Let It Ride Mom was based at Woodbine for the majority of 2018 and had plans to join trainer Mark Casse’s...
May 22, 2019
Multiple Stakes Winner Let It Ride Mom Tops Competitive Field of 12 in Saturday's Grade III, $100,000 Winning Colors
Live Oak Plantation’s multiple stakes-winning mare Let It Ride Mom heads a competitive field of 12 filly and mare sprinters that were entered in Saturday’s 16th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
The six-furlong...
May 19, 2019
Preakness Stakes-Winning Jockey Tyler Gaffalione Back at Churchill Downs Sunday
Jockey Tyler Gaffalione returned back to his “new home” in the Churchill Downs jockey colony following his victory aboard War of Will in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (Grade I) at Pimlico Race Course.
Gaffalione, a 24-year-old native...
