by Churchill Downs Media Office|11.18.202311.22.2023|2:49pm3:27pm Road To Kentucky Derby: Iroquois Runner-Up Risk It Looks To Rebound In Kentucky Jockey Club Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s well-regarded colt Risk It is set to make his second start on the Road to the Kentucky Derby when he faces seven fellow 2-year-olds entered for next Saturday’s 97th running of the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs. The Kentucky Jockey Club will award the top five […]
by Churchill Downs Media Office|11.02.202311.17.2023|8:18pm1:30pm Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1: All Others At 4-5, Locked 14-1 Six months in advance of Kentucky Derby 50, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other Colts and Geldings” closed as the odds-on 4-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and Breeders’ Futurity (Grade 1) winner Locked, who runs in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), was the 14-1 second choice. Other horses […]
by Churchill Downs Media Office|10.29.202311.17.2023|7:22pm1:30pm Liberal Arts Splashes To Victory In Street Sense, Provides Trainer Medina First Graded Win Liberal Arts relished the added distance and sloppy conditions at Churchill Downs on Sunday as he rallied from last to win the 11th running of the $200,000 Street Sense (G3) – the featured event on opening day of Churchill Downs’ 134th Fall Meet and 19th annual Stars of Tomorrow I program for juveniles. Cristian Torres […]
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita|10.07.2023|9:25pm Muth Beats Baffert Stablemate Wine Me Up In American Pharoah A disappointing second in his most recent stakes engagement, Bob Baffert’s heavily favored Muth regrouped and demolished seven rivals in Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita. Owned by Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. and a $2 million purchase at the OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training, Muth got 1 1/16 miles […]
by Joe Nevills|10.07.202310.07.2023|6:25pm8:32pm Locked Secures Breeders’ Cup Berth In Breeders’ Futurity Locked made a successful jump to graded stakes competition on Saturday and established himself as one of the horses to beat in next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) with a hard-fought triumph in the Grade 1, $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The son of Gun Runner was kept wide through the first trip past […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|10.07.202310.07.2023|4:38pm7:12pm Champagne Score Sends Timberlake To Top Of Juvenile Charts Siena Farm and WinStar Farm’s Timberlake established his credentials as a major player in the juvenile division with a decisive 4 1/4-length score in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont at the Big A. Trained by Brad Cox and piloted by Florent Geroux, the emphatic victory in the one-turn mile contested over a sloppy and […]
by Churchill Downs Media Office|09.16.2023|7:03pm ‘It’s Very Special’: West Saratoga Kicks Off ‘Road To Kentucky Derby’ With Iroquois Win Harry L. Veruchi’s West Saratoga is the early points leader on the 2024 ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’ after the Exaggerator colt won Saturday’s 42nd running of the $300,000 Iroquois (G3) for 2-year-olds by 1¾ lengths over 6-5 favorite Risk It at Churchill Downs. Liberal Arts was another neck back in third, and Seize the […]
by Press Release|06.20.202306.20.2023|1:46pm3:56pm Kentucky Derby Museum Completes Derby 149 Updates To Winner’s Circle Exhibit Guests can relive the magical moment Mage crossed the finish line to become the 149th Kentucky Derby champion at the Kentucky Derby Museum. The Museum completed updates to the Winner’s Circle exhibit, which greets visitors as soon as they walk in. A local artist, Mike Prather, airbrushed the replica horse to look exactly like Mage, […]
by NTRA|06.13.2023|10:43am Belmont Winner Arcangelo Jumps To Second Spot In Final NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Arcangelo’s history-making victory in the Belmont Stakes saw the son of Arrogate jump to second position in the final edition of the 2023 NTRA Top 3-Year-Old poll. Trained by Jena Antonucci and ridden by Javier Castellano, Arcangelo was previously ranked 16th off his victory in the Peter Pan. Despite finishing second to Arcangelo in the […]
by Paulick Report Staff|06.12.202306.12.2023|2:38pm5:19pm 2025 Belmont Stakes Could Be Hosted At Saratoga; Local Hospitality Leaders ‘Over The Moon Excited’ With a $455 million renovation at Belmont Park slated to begin following the 2024 edition of the Belmont Stakes, there is every possibility that 2025’s third leg of the Triple Crown could be held at the iconic Saratoga Race Course. According to the Times-Union, both Aqueduct and Saratoga are under consideration for the 2025 Belmont Stakes, […]