Kentucky Derby News

March 18, 2019

Pioneerof the Nile, Kentucky Derby runner-up and sire of American Pharoah, dead at 13

Pioneerof the Nile, who finished a distant second to Mine That Bird in the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) but later sired 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, died unexpectedly Monday morning at the age of 13.
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Features March 18, 2019

Tales from the Crib: Tacitus

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms has captured most of the world’s greatest races – including six runnings of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), seven Breeders’ Cup events, and three editions of the Epsom Derby (G1) –...

March 17, 2019

Omaha Beach courageously denies Game Winner in second Rebel division

About an hour after Bob Baffert’s Improbable was just denied in the first division, champion stablemate Game Winner likewise lost his perfect record in the second division of Saturday’s $750,000 Rebel S. (G2). Game Winner rallied down the...

Horse Profile March 17, 2019

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Omaha Beach

Fox Hill Farm’s Omaha Beach picked up 37.5 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with his game tally in the second division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. The improving colt held off champion Game Winner late in...

March 16, 2019

Long Range Toddy runs down Improbable in first division of Rebel

Long Range Toddy enhanced his Kentucky Derby status with a rallying victory in the first division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park, overhauling 2-5 favorite Improbable in the final strides for a neck win. Owned and bred by Willis Horton...

March 14, 2019

The Derby Dispatch for March 14, 2019

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Saturday’s Rebel Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park has been split into divisions and six-time Rebel winner Bob Baffert...

Expert picks March 14, 2019

Second division of the 2019 Rebel Stakes is the Best Bet of the Weekend

The second division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday features the three-year-old debut of champion Game Winner. The Bob Baffert trainee sports a perfect four-for-four lifetime mark and has been training like a horse sitting...

March 14, 2019

Rebel Stakes Study Guide (2nd Division)

Ten sophomores will go postward in the second division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Champion Game Winner shipped in from the Golden State and will commence his three-year-old campaign for conditioner Bob Baffert in the...

March 14, 2019

Rebel Stakes Study Guide (1st Division)

The $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) attracted 19 entries in total which prompted Oaklawn Park to split the Road to the Kentucky Derby event into a pair of divisions. The first division will see nine Triple Crown hopefuls go postward that is led by a trio...

March 13, 2019

Game Winner, Improbable head divisions of Rebel

Saturday’s Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park has been split into divisions and six-time Rebel winner Bob Baffert will send out the favorite in each race. Unbeaten Grade 1 winner Improbable heads a field of nine in the first division and champion...

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