April 2011

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 7:28 PM Live Thoroughbred horse racing and special events return to Calder on Monday, the opening day of the track’s 40th anniversary celebration season. Calder first opened […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 6:16 PM Easter Sunday was a fairly quiet one for the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks contenders, with the major news of the day being Zazu’s work at trainer […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 4:44 PM Stay Thirsty (inside) worked with older sprinter Bridgetown (Reed Palmer Photography/Churchill Downs) Repole Stable’s Stay Thirsty, […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/25/11 6:36 PM Brisnet Derby Top 10 — April 25 1. Dialed In — Late runner overcame a pronounced bias in favor of speed to win the Florida […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/25/11 5:43 PM Kentucky Derby Daily Activity Report – Monday, April 25, 2011 ARCHARCHARCH: With jockey Jon Court up, Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Archarcharch galloped 1 1/2 […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 8:45 PM In a trip reminiscent of his front-running success in the April 9 Grade 2 Arcadia, Liberian Freighter grabbed the early lead and just held on in […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 8:44 PM In a trip reminiscent of his front-running success in the April 9 Grade 2 Arcadia, Liberian Freighter grabbed the early lead and just held on in […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 8:39 PM Liberian Freighter crossed the wire a little more than a half-length ahead of third-placer The Usual Q. T. (right) (Benoit Photos) […]

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 5:48 PM

4/25/11 Last updated: 4/24/11 5:03 PM While Repole Stable’s Stay Thirsty (Bernardini) got down to business with a recorded work on Easter Sunday, his champion stablemate UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie) galloped […]