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Derby News March 4, 2019

Spanish Mission faces streaking Jahbath in European Road to the Kentucky Derby race at Kempton

Two scoring races on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby are set for Wednesday, both over a mile on Polytrack. The Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions race at Kempton has drawn a field of 10. The Patton S. at Dundalk, originally scheduled for March...

Derby News March 4, 2019

Code of Honor makes Derby leaderboard move ahead of big prep weekend

Code of Honor (#2, 54 points) bounced back to his best form and virtually secured a berth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting gate by taking last Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Having earned four points for running...

March 3, 2019

Code of Honor breaks through in Fountain of Youth

Code of Honor flashed enormous promise in his first two starts but nothing went according to plan over the following months as he was forced to scratch from a pair of Kentucky Derby qualifiers during the fall and recorded a disappointing fourth as an...

March 3, 2019

The Thoroughbred's key foundation stallions

Everything has a foundation, something it can stand on and be supported by. For the horse breed known as the Thoroughbred, that would be the three Foundation Sires.
“And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it, and created...

Features March 3, 2019

Tales from the Crib: Game Winner

Champion Game Winner displayed courage on the racetrack to remain unbeaten at two, but he’d already come through a far more difficult experience: losing his mom as a baby.
Game Winner was bred by Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Farm, home to a select...

March 2, 2019

Jeltrin surprises Davona Dale at 51-1, Jaywalk fourth

Champion juvenile filly Jaywalk turned in the worst finish of her six-race career while Jeltrin posted a 51-1 upset of Saturday's $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Switched out to the two path leaving the chute soon after the start,...

February 28, 2019

Jaywalk heavily favored in Davona Dale return

Reigning champion juvenile filly Jaywalk kicks off her sophomore campaign Saturday in the $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park in which she'll have to break from the tricky post position 1 in the one-turn mile Road to the Kentucky Oaks...

February 28, 2019

Baccarat, the Icon of Exquisite Moments of Celebration, Becomes a Proud Sponsor of the 145th Kentucky Derby

Paris, France – February 28th, 2019 – Baccarat, the French luxury Maison, symbol of superb craftsmanship and exquisite moments of celebration, has become a sponsor of the 145th the Kentucky Derby.  Known as “The Greatest Two Minutes...

February 28, 2019

Hidden Scroll installed as 9-5 favorite in 11-horse Fountain of Youth

Hidden Scroll crushed maiden rivals when making his first start five weeks ago and the exciting three-year-old colt will look to join the Kentucky Derby picture in Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
A Road to the Kentucky...

February 28, 2019

O’Brien enters three in Patton as European Road resumes

***Friday afternoon update: Dundalk canceled racing after the 2ND race due to a 'serious medical incident,' Racing Post reports via Twitter. Stay tuned for updates on when the Patton might be rescheduled. 
The European Road to the Kentucky...

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