Kentucky Derby News

September 1, 2020

Ry’s the Guy Sets Track Record in Champions Day Marathon Victory

LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020) – Lothenbach Stables’ Ry’s the Guy drove off in deep stretch to post a 4 3/4-length victory in the $115,400 Champions Day Marathon Overnight Stakes to kickoff Kentucky Derby week.
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Derby News September 1, 2020

Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Draws Evenly Matched Field of 10

LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020) – A field of 10 top older grass runners will go to post in the 34th running of the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI), one of six graded stakes that will precede Saturday’s 146th running...

August 31, 2020

Meet the 2020 Kentucky Derby jockeys

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Kentucky Derby jockeys -- Coady Photography

Meet the jockeys slated to ride in the 2020 Kentucky Derby:
(All stats as of Aug. 31; may not include international wins and earnings)
Adam Beschizza
Career rides: 2,174
Career wins: 297
Career earnings:...

August 31, 2020

Gamine, Swiss Skydiver Top Field of Nine for $1.25 Million Longines Kentucky Oaks

LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) – Robert Lund Petersen’s brilliant two-time Grade I winner Gamine and Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver, winner of the Alabama (GI) in her most recent start, headline a field of nine 3-year-old fillies...

August 31, 2020

Kentucky Derby Update: Monday, Aug. 31, 2020

LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) – George Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbred’s Max Player completed his major preparations for Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) by working a half-mile in :49.80...

August 31, 2020

Champion Monomoy Girl Tops Field of Eight for La Troienne

LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) – Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables’ Monomoy Girl, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, headlines of a field of eight for Friday’s 35th running of the $500,000...

Features August 31, 2020

Tales from the Crib: Finnick the Fierce

If you’re looking for the tug-at-the-heartstrings contender to root for in the 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1), one-eyed Finnick the Fierce qualifies on multiple levels. His dam came from a racehorse adoption facility, and he lost his right eye as a baby...

August 30, 2020

Kentucky Derby Update: Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020

Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister’s Attachment Rate worked five furlongs in 1:01.20 over a fast main track Sunday morning at Churchill Downs as he completed his major preparations for Saturday’s 146th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented...

Features August 30, 2020

Tales from the Crib: Enforceable

“She is the gift that keeps on giving to us.”
Rightly does Bernard Cleary, owner of Clearsky Farms, describe the routine excellence of broodmare Justwhistledixie. Not only are her first five foals all winners, but four are graded stakes victors,...

August 29, 2020

Kentucky Derby Update: Saturday, Aug. 29

Kentucky Derby hopefuls worked on three fronts Saturday morning highlighted by Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law’s five-furlong work in :59.21 over a fast track at Saratoga.
Beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs, John Oxley’s Enforceable...

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