Kentucky Derby News

April 24, 2021

Tales from the Crib: Sainthood

While Taylor Made Sales Agency has a trio of graduates in the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), Sainthood has the deepest ties to the family firm. 
Like Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Super Stock and Tampa Bay Derby (G2) hero Helium, Sainthood was sold as part...

April 24, 2021

Tales from the Crib: Known Agenda

It’s a truism that racehorses are born to run, but St. Elias Stable’s homebred Known Agenda expressed that idea literally.

The son of Hall of Famer Curlin and Grade 1 queen Byrama took the run-around-mom play to a whole new level at his childhood...

April 23, 2021

Kentucky Derby Update: Friday, April 23, 2021

On a cool Kentucky morning, a total of 17
Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horses put in their final timed workouts
before next weekend’s editions of the $3 million Derby and $1.25 million Oaks.
    The fastest move of the
morning...

April 23, 2021

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Soup and Sandwich

Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Soup and Sandwich has earned 40 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series off the strength of his runner-up performance in the Florida Derby (G1) on March 27. The gray will make his second Grade...

April 23, 2021

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Midnight Bourbon

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon ranks 10th on the current 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby series leaderboard with 66 points. The Steve Asmussen trainee has compiled a 7-2-2-3 mark, with $461,420 in lifetime earnings to date.
Midnight Bourbon...

April 23, 2021

Casual Bettors Unite: Cashing in on Derby Day

Derby Day has its traditions: cool mint juleps, yummy Derby pie, and trips to the betting window. Whether you wager at the Downs or at home on the TwinSpires app, you know that Derby Day will be a frenzy of stakes races with opportunities to cash in,...

April 22, 2021

Tales from the Crib: Super Stock

Super Stock’s success is a heartwarming story of family – for his current connections, the renowned Asmussens, as well as for his breeders, Pedro Gonzalez and grandson P.J.

Pedro Gonzalez, a Cuban-American who came to the United States at...

April 22, 2021

Kentucky Derby Update: Thursday, April 22, 2021

Bernard Racing LLC, Tagg
Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry L. Stephens’ O
Besos was the lone Derby contender to breeze
Thursday at Churchill Downs where he cruised a half-mile in :48.
    With jockey Marcelino Pedroza
in...

April 22, 2021

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Super Stock

Erv Woolsey and Keith Asmussen’s Super Stock punched his ticket to Churchill Downs on May 1 by posting a 2 1/2-length triumph in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 10. The colt earned 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky...

April 22, 2021

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: O Besos

Bernard Racing, Tagg Team Racing, and West Point Thoroughbreds’ O Besos has compiled 25 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series and currently ranks 19th on the leaderboard. His career mark reads 5-2-0-1, $172,624.

The Greg...

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