Kentucky Derby News

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...

Pedigree fun facts May 1, 2017

Kentucky Derby veterans feature in today's contender pedigrees

If you’ve been a Kentucky Derby (G1) fan in recent years, you’ll probably remember runners like Pioneerof the Nile, Bodemeister, Curlin, Union Rags, Lookin at Lucky, and Dialed In. Depending upon how far back your Derby memories go, you may...

Features May 1, 2017

Tales from the Crib: Thunder Snow

If UAE Derby (G2) hero Thunder Snow can land a blow at Churchill Downs, he would be a fitting first Kentucky Derby (G1) winner for the Godolphin empire built by Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum of Dubai.
Descending from the same female line as Godolphin’s...

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...

Features May 1, 2017

Tales from the Crib: Sonneteer

Sonneteer, the third of Calumet Farm’s trio to make the starting gate for the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1), was also the unlikeliest. And not just because he’s still a maiden after 10 starts who needed defections to draw into the field.
Like Sunland...

Features April 30, 2017

Tales from the Crib: J Boys Echo

J Boys Echo, once in the shadow of Not This Time, has stepped up into the void left by his retired stablemate and emerged as a proper Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in his own right.
That development over time was to be expected, judging by J Boys Echo’s...

April 30, 2017

Kentucky Derby and Oaks Daily Update -- April 30, 2017

Two Kentucky Derby likely entrants and two Kentucky Oaks hopefuls worked Sunday morning over a fast track at Churchill Downs.
Whitham Thoroughbreds’ McCraken worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 and Kendall Hansen, Skychai Racing and Bode Miller’s...

April 30, 2017

Stone keeps on rolling as Churchill track announcer

The whirlwind journey occurred in 2014.
“I literally went from Louisiana Downs to Monmouth Park to Aqueduct to Churchill Downs in less than the span of a year,” Travis Stone explained.
Stone, 33, was named track announcer at Churchill Downs...

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