Each day leading up to the Kentucky Derby, we’ll take a look at the pedigrees of some contenders, and how those pedigrees might factor into their ability to succeed at the 1 ¼-mile Derby distance.
Kafwain, a longtime stalwart on the California stallion ranks, was euthanized April 24 after suffering a stroke. The 24-year-old son of Cherokee Run had been living as a pensioner at Premier Equine Rehab near Nashville, Tenn., since September 2023.
Handicappers looking for clues into first-time starter Dreaming of Abba’s potential before today’s first race at Tampa Bay Downs weren’t going to discover much from her workouts.
Manny Franco paced all other jockeys to claim the riding title at the Aqueduct Racetrack spring meet, notching 28 wins at the 16-day meeting which ran from April 4 through April 28.
By Christian Abdo Resolute Racing’s Sweet Rebecca lived up to her post-time favoritism with an impressive stakes debut in Sunday’s $150,000 Memories of Silver (L), a one-mile inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Midnight Mascot, sent off as the even-money choice, powered to the front late to take the $125,000 Woodstock Stakes for 3-year-olds on Sunday at Woodbine.
Churchill Downs' blockbuster undercard for the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) Saturday includes three other top-level races, all offering $1 million purses: the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1), Churchill Downs (G1), Derby City Distaff (G1).
The 'New York Times Presents: Broken Horses’, a documentary on FX Network Friday night, has cast a spotlight on the historical issues and implications of illegal doping in horse racing.
By Daryl Timms Invincible Sage has emerged as the newest member of Hong Kong racing’s elite with victory in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (G1) on a rain-affected Sha Tin track Sunday, providing David Hall with his first-top level win since 2008.
Patricia’s Hope’s multiple graded stakes winner Nobals had returned to the work tab after a six-month respite following victory by a neck in the five-furlong Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) on Nov.
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner White Abarrio worked Saturday at Belmont Park, covering a half-mile in a bullet :46.94 over the dirt training track, fastest of 169 works at the distance. The 5-year-old son of Race Day worked under Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode him to victory in the Classic and the Whitney (G1) last August at Saratoga Race Course.
By Declan Schuster Golden Sixty’s bid for a record fourth FWD Champions Mile (G1) crown was thwarted by a familiar foe at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon. Zac Purton is that nemesis.
By Maddy Playle Romantic Warrior stunned James McDonald and once again lived up to his name as he produced a titanic late surge saw to land a record-breaking third FWD QEII Cup (G1) on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse.
With the weather again cooperating with a mild and dry Sunday morning, five entrants for the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) plus three Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls put in works over a fast main track at Churchill Downs.
Each day leading up to the Kentucky Derby, we’ll take a look at the pedigrees of some contenders, and how those pedigrees might factor into their ability to succeed at the 1 ¼-mile Derby distance.
It was another sweet ending at Oaklawn for Valentine Candy, whose late burst of speed propelled his Hall of Fame trainer onto a new page of the Oaklawn record book.
Fierceness was named the 5-2 morning line favorite for the 150th Kentucky Derby and will look to make history in next Saturday's milestone race as the first entrant to win in 45 attempts from the No.
With the 2024 Kentucky Derby set to take place Saturday at 6:45 p.m. ET from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, here are the odds for the field.
Making her first start for trainer Phil D’Amato, and first in California, Uncorked (AUS) became a newly minted stakes winner Saturday when taking the $100,000 Royal Heroine (G3) at Santa Anita.
Godolphin’s Tarifa, riding a three-race win streak, has been installed as the 7-2 morning line favorite for the 150th running of the $1.5-million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) for 3-year-old fillies on Friday.
Godolphin’s Naval Power (GB), runner-up to stablemate and Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner Master of The Seas in the Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) at Keeneland on April 12, tops a field of 11 entered Saturday for the $1-million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI) for 4-year-olds and up to be run May 4 at Churchill Downs.
The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby, worth an increased $5 million this year, will see the top two choices on opposite ends of the starting gate next Saturday.
A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool yielded multiple payoffs of $2,354.74 Saturday at Gulfstream Park. A $308.801.21 carryover at the start of wagering Saturday, where $2,840,205 was bet into the pool for the popular multi-race wager.
Eclipse Award winners Idiomatic and Pretty Mischievous headline a field of seven fillies and mares entered Saturday for the 39th running of the $1,000,000 Fasig-Tipton La Troienne (G1) Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs.
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