Kentucky Derby News
October 25, 2018
Racing Returns to Churchill Downs Sunday at 1 p.m.; Breeders' Cup Back in Louisville for First Time Since 2011
Following a seven-year hiatus, the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships will return to Churchill Downs in earnest on Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 – the highlight of an action-packed Fall Meet at the historic home of the Kentucky...
October 23, 2018
Warrior's Club Breezes Half-Mile Bullet in :48.60 in Preparation for Grade I, $2 Million Breeders' Cup TwinSpires Sprint
On a relatively quiet Tuesday morning on the Churchill Downs backstretch, the Churchill Downs Racing Club’s multiple stakes-winning sprinter Warrior’s Club took a major step towards a start in the $2 million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup...
October 22, 2018
Breeders' Cup Classic Contender Yoshida Works Five Furlongs in 1:00.80 at Churchill Downs
On a blustery Monday morning beneath the historic Twin Spires, Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) hopeful Yoshida (JPN) worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 in preparation for the 1 ¼-mile race on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs.
Yoshida, the two-length...
October 21, 2018
Breeders' Cup Classic Contender Catholic Boy Works Five Furlongs in 1:02.60 at Churchill Downs
Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano did not have much time to celebrate his 5,000th-career win on Saturday at Belmont Park before catching a plane to Louisville to work Robert LaPenta, Madaket Stables, Siena Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables’...
October 20, 2018
Monomoy Girl, Promises Fulfilled Head Breeders' Cup Contingent on Saturday Work Tab at Churchill Downs
Top Longines Distaff (Grade I) contender Monomoy Girl and Promises Fulfilled, one of the likely leaders in the TwinSpires Sprint (GI) or Dirt Mile (GI), headed a busy Saturday morning work tab at Churchill Downs as contenders continue their preparations...
October 19, 2018
Locally-Based Breeders' Cup Contenders Log Penultimate Breezes Friday Morning at Churchill Downs
With just two weeks until the Breeders’ Cup World Championships returns to Churchill Downs for a record-equaling ninth nine, locally-based contenders Mind Your Biscuits, Seeking the Soul, Thunder Snow (IRE), Whitmore and Wonder Gadot logged their...
September 30, 2018
Mind Your Biscuits Rolls to Win Grade III, $200,000 Lukas Classic
Mind Your Biscuits – the richest New York-bred of all-time – proved he’s a quality horse at most any distance when the three-time Grade I-winning sprinter rolled to a 4 ¾-length victory over Toast of New York and defending champ...
September 30, 2018
Seeking the Soul Possible for Breeders' Cup After Ack Ack Triumph
Charles Fipke’s homebred Seeking the Soul could be headed to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs after scoring a 1 ¼-length victory over Nice Not Nice and Giant Expectations in Saturday night’s 26th...
September 30, 2018
Hot Springs Wins Jefferson Cup to Stay Unbeaten at Churchill Downs
Hot Springs collected his first stakes victory and third win in as many starts at Churchill Downs when he spurted clear inside the final sixteenth of a mile to win the 42nd running of the $100,000 Jefferson Cup (Listed) for 3-year-olds on Saturday night...
September 30, 2018
Quick Sand AA Impresses in Grade I, $100,000 President of UAE Cup
Betty and Joseph Gillis’ Mississippi-bred Quick Sand AA scored a romping nine-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 President of the United Arab Emirates Cup (Grade I) for purebred Arabian 4-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs.
Quick Sand AA...
