Kentucky Derby News

September 4, 2020

Champion Monomoy Girl Dominates La Troienne

LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables’ Monomoy Girl, the champion female runner of 2018, continued to show her brilliance as she...

Wagering September 4, 2020

How to make money with Honor A. P. in the Kentucky Derby

Honor A. P. is a good option to play, if not wanting to bet favorite Tiz the Law.
A total of 16 horses will go postward in the 146th edition of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Four-time Grade 1 wizard #17 Tiz the Law...

September 4, 2020

Finnick the Fierce Scratches From Kentucky Derby; Tiz the Law, Honor A. P. Have Routine Gallops On Derby Eve

LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Arnaldo Monge and trainer Rey Hernandez’s Finnick the Fierce was declared out of Saturday’s 146th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by...

September 4, 2020

Kentucky Oaks Post-Race News Conference Transcript

JIM MULVIHILL: All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Longines Kentucky Oaks is Shedaresthedevil. And we are happy to be joined now by winning owner Staton Flurry, who owns the horse in partnership with Qatar Racing and Big Aut Farms,...

September 4, 2020

Diamond Oops Wins Twin Spires Turf Sprint

LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Diamond 100 Racing Club, Amy Dunne, D P Racing and Patrick Biancone Racing’s Diamond Oops found racing room along the rail in deep stretch to edge favored Extravagant...

Derby News September 4, 2020

Kentucky Oaks Trainer and Jockey Quotes

LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) –
KENTUCKY OAKS TRAINER QUOTES
Brad Cox (Shedaresthedevil, winner) – “This is why you wake up every morning to get to win races like this. This filly has been really impressive coming into the...

September 4, 2020

Shedaresthedevil Scores 15-1 Upset To Win The 146th Longines Kentucky Oaks

LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Qatar Racing, Flurry Racing Stables and Big Aut Farms’ Shedaresthesdevil pushed past heavy favorite Gamine at the eighth pole and then held off a bid from Swiss...

Features September 3, 2020

Tales from the Crib: Major Fed

The hometown hope in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), Major Fed is an Oldham County native like his veteran Louisville trainer, Greg Foley.
Unlike the other Kentucky-breds raised in the Bluegrass region around Lexington, Major Fed was born and raised...

Features September 3, 2020

Tales from the Crib: Max Player

Nine years after co-owner George Hall celebrated a 24-1 upset of the 2011 Belmont (G1) with Ruler on Ice, his homebred Max Player hopes to spring a surprise of his own in the Kentucky Derby (G1). 
Max Player’s dam, Fools in Love, was a stablemate...

September 3, 2020

A Statement to our Community from Churchill Downs

The Kentucky Derby has been run every year for the past 145 years. It is a great American tradition that has survived depressions, wars, pandemics and myriad changes in our country, large and small. 
The first Derby was run just ten years after the...

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