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Horse Profile September 17, 2018

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Cairo Cat

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Iroquois Stakes winner Cairo Cat
Walking L Thoroughbreds’ CAIRO CAT became the first juvenile to earn points towards next year’s Kentucky Derby when annexing the Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs...

Education September 17, 2018

What’s in a name?

In 1780, Sir Charles Bunbury and the 12th Earl of Derby flipped a coin. Heads for Derby, tails for Bunbury.
Heads faced up when the coin landed.
And that, or so the tale goes, is how England’s iconic race came to be known as the Derby Stakes and not...

Horse Profile September 17, 2018

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Cairo Cat

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Iroquois Stakes winner Cairo Cat
Walking L Thoroughbreds’ CAIRO CAT became the first juvenile to earn points towards next year’s Kentucky Derby when annexing the Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs...

September 17, 2018

Triple Crown winner Justify arrives at Ashford Stud

Triple Crown winner Justify arrived at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, on Monday, where he will take up stud duties beginning with the 2019 breeding season.
A son of Scat Daddy, who stood at Ashford until his premature death in 2015, Justify joins...

Derby News September 15, 2018

Cairo Cat pounces to top of Kentucky Derby points leaderboard in Iroquois

When even-money favorite Tight Ten set a slow pace in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3), and kicked away at the top of the Churchill Downs stretch, he looked on his way to victory in the first points race toward the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1). But...

September 15, 2018

Serengeti Empress reigns supreme in Pocahontas, first Kentucky Oaks scoring race

Going into Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas (G2) at Churchill Downs, the key question was whether Serengeti Empress could repeat her sensational victory in the August 19 Ellis Park Debutante while stretching out to two turns for the first time. Bettors...

September 14, 2018

Iroquois selections from our experts

The Road to the Kentucky Derby begins Saturday with the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, and TwinSpires.com’s panel of experts have examined the 1 1/16-mile contest in hopes of kicking off the Kentucky Derby season with a winner.
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Derby News September 13, 2018

Top 10 Preview as Road to the Kentucky Derby gets underway

It’s never too early to talk Kentucky Derby and the new season officially begins with Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, the first of 35 Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers.
Lists for the 2018 edition have been...

September 13, 2018

It Justhitthe Wire could upset Serengeti Empress in the Pocahontas Stakes

The $200,000 Pocahontas Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday serves as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). An intriguing field of 12 two-year-old filly prospects will go postward in this affair.
Tom...

Expert picks September 13, 2018

Hog Creek Hustle could be the Iroquois Stakes best bet

Iroquois Stakes Best Bet
A dozen juveniles will try their luck at Churchill Downs on Saturday in the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3).
Here’s the cast:
#1 MR WRENCH IT – The Lookin At Lucky colt exits a big stakes score in his two-turn bow....

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