Kentucky Derby News

May 3, 2017

Kentucky Derby Update: Wed, May 3, 2017: Classic Empire Derby Favorite; Girvin Makes First Appearance

John Oxley’s Classic Empire was made the 4-1 morning-line favorite for Kentucky Derby 143 when post positions were drawn Wednesday morning in the Aristides Lounge at Churchill Downs.
Prior to the draw during morning training, Louisiana Derby (Grade...

May 3, 2017

Kentucky Derby Day Undercard Stakes Advances

Gunpowder Farms’ Divisidero will face 11 rivals Saturday as he bids to repeat in the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (Grade I), one of seven graded stakes on the 14-race program that is highlighted by the 143rd running of the $2 million Kentucky...

Features May 2, 2017

Tales from the Crib: Fast and Accurate

Fast and Accurate will try to become the third Pennsylvania-bred to wear the roses, after Lil E. Tee (1992) and Smarty Jones (2004). But although he was foaled in the Keystone State, the gray colt grew up in the Bluegrass, at his breeder John R. Penn’s...

Features May 2, 2017

Tales from the Crib: Lookin at Lee

As the grandson of a bargain $17,000 yearling purchase campaigned in the Pacific Northwest by Exclusive Stable and Ray Hanson, Lookin at Lee is a case study in how classy female lines can spring to life again.
At the 1995 Keeneland September Yearling...

May 2, 2017

Paradise Wodds 5-2 Morning Line Favorite in Friday's 143rd Longines Kentucky Oaks

Steven Sarkowsky and Marty and Pam Wygod’s Paradise Woods has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in a field of 14 3-year-old fillies and one also-eligible entered Tuesday for the 143rd running of the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks...

May 2, 2017

Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks Update, Tuesday, May 2: Thunder Snow (IRE), Paradise Woods Hit the Track

Godolphin Racing’s Thunder Snow (IRE) exited quarantine Tuesday morning and made his first visit to the main track at Churchill Downs. Going out during the special training period reserved for Kentucky Derby and Oaks horses at 8:30, Thunder Snow...

May 2, 2017

Kentucky Oaks Stakes Undercard: Finest City Tops La Troienne, American Freedom in Alysheba

Seltzer Thoroughbreds’ Finest City, winner of last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Grade I) headlines a field of nine entered Tuesday for the 32nd running of the $300,000 La Troienne (Grade I) Presented by Spirit Funds...

May 2, 2017

Kentucky Derby, Oaks Patrons Reminded To Consult Checklist of Hospitality, Security Procedures

The rosters of permitted items and those banned for carry-in by patrons at Churchill Downs Racetrack for this year’s renewals of the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks on Friday, May 5 and the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands on...

May 1, 2017

Ghost of racing's past, Calumet Farm very much alive for Derby 143

It lies on one of Lexington's major thoroughfares and beside iconic Keeneland Race Course, but even without the advantages of geography Calumet Farm would never be far from the subconscious of first-time visitors or long-time residents of Central...

May 1, 2017

Kentucky Derby Update: Monday, May 1, 2017

Asmussen Trio, Sonneteer Work Toward Derby 143; Gormley, Royal Mo Arrive from California 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 1, 2017) – Trainer Steve Asmussen’s three Kentucky Derby hopefuls turned in half-mile works Monday morning at Churchill...

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