Kentucky Derby News

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...
September 30, 2018
Summers Readies Mind Your Biscuits for Breeders' Cup Try Following Saturday Night's Lukas Classic Victory
Trainer Chad Summers was visibly more relaxed Sunday morning at Churchill Downs following Mind Your Biscuits’ comfortable 4 ¾-length victory over Toast of New York in Saturday’s $200,000 Lukas Classic Presented by Budweiser (Grade III)...
May 6, 2018
RIDER QUOTES FROM THE 144TH RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 5, 2018):
Mike Smith, rider of Justify (1st) – “Going into the race the main concern was just getting him out of the gate. This horse is so talented. I keep using the term ‘above average’ because...
May 5, 2018
Kentucky Oaks Post-Race News Conference Transcript
JOHN ASHER: Good evening, everyone. And welcome to the press conference following the 144th running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks. And the winner of the Kentucky Oaks, Monomoy Girl! (Applause.)
I will start down here on the rail with the jockey who was...
May 5, 2018
Kentucky Derby Advance Wagering Odds and Double Will Pays
Kentucky Derby Advance Wagering Odds and Double Will Pays (PDF)
May 5, 2018
The 144th Running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks Attracts 113,510 Fans as Monomoy Girl Claims the Lillies
The 144th Running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks Attracts 113,510 Fans as Monomoy Girl Claims the Lillies Kentucky Oaks sets All-time Wagering Record
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 4, 2018) – The fifth-highest crowd of 113,510 fans watched Monomoy Girl capture...

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