Kentucky Derby News
August 27, 2018
JOHN ASHER, ICONIC MEMBER OF CHURCHILL DOWNS FAMILY AND LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY, HAS PASSED AWAY AT AGE 62
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Aug. 27, 2018) – John Asher, an iconic and beloved member of the Churchill Downs family and Louisville community, passed away Monday morning after suffering a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Florida. He...
August 26, 2018
Breeders’ Cup Future Wager recommendations
Catholic Boy dominated the Travers (G1), and in the Personal Ensign (G1), Abel Tasman once again got the best of Elate. It’s full speed ahead toward the Breeders’ Cup for all three of those talented runners and the recency of those performances...
August 25, 2018
Catholic Boy dominates rivals in Travers
Catholic Boy provided jockey Javier Castellano with his fifth Travers (G1) victory in the last nine years on Saturday, wearing down long-time leader Mendelssohn in the stretch to win the 1 1/4-mile $1.25 million 'Midsummer Derby' at Saratoga...
August 23, 2018
Sadler’s Joy the pick in Sword Dancer
Saratoga will offer a blockbuster program Saturday featuring seven stakes races including the $1.25 million Travers Stakes for three-year-olds. For betting purposes, let’s focus on the $1 million Sword Dancer Stakes one race prior to the Travers...
August 22, 2018
Kentucky Derby Alums eye return to Churchill for Breeders’ Cup Classic
The retirement of Kentucky Derby (G1) and Triple Crown winner Justify opened up not only the sophomore division, but it’s turned the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) into an absolute crapshoot, which for horseplayers, is a very good thing.
Led...
August 21, 2018
Flameaway faces seven in Smarty Jones
Although a narrowly beaten second last time in the Jim Dandy (G2), the leading Saratoga prep for the Travers (G1), Kentucky Derby (G1) participant Flameaway is bypassing Saturday's Midsummer Derby and will instead head to suburban Philadelphia...
August 20, 2018
Gunnevera to return to Saratoga for Woodward
Multiple Grade 2-winning millionaire and 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) competitor Gunnevera is on course for a return to top-level company in the September 1 Woodward S. (G1) at Saratoga.
Eighth behind fellow Derby alum Thunder Snow when suffering a badly...
August 20, 2018
Thunder Snow begins road to Breeders’ Cup Classic in Juddmonte International
Wednesday’s Juddmonte International (G1) at York, the biggest event during the British track’s four-day “Ebor Festival,” is likely to have a bearing on two Breeders’ Cup races. A “Win and You’re In” for...
August 17, 2018
Kentucky Oaks Alums roll towards Breeders’ Cup Distaff
by Joe Kristufek
Crowned Kentucky Oaks (G1) champions the past two years at Churchill Downs, Abel Tasman (2017) and Monomoy Girl (2018) loom as two of the early favorites for what should be an epic edition of Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) .
Held...
August 15, 2018
Instagrand and Call Paul raise their Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Kentucky Derby profiles
Instagrand dazzling at Del Mar; Call Paul gritty at Saratoga
Two unbeaten colts scored graded stakes victories over the weekend, raising their profiles on the road to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and potentially the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1)....