Program Trading sinks Naval Power in Turf Classic
The $1 million Turf Classic (G1) served up Kentucky Derby Day drama at Churchill Downs, as Program Trading bravely rallied up the inside to deny Naval Power in a photo-finish. […]
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Everland surprises in Bourbonette Oaks; Cellist best in Kentucky Cup Classic
Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls were in action on Saturday’s Jeff Ruby Steaks Day program at Turfway Park, with 10 sophomore fillies squaring off in the $295,000 Bourbonette Oaks, and Everland stamped her ticket by surging […]
River City an easier spot for recent overachiever Stitched
Stitched was one of the leading overachievers on the Kentucky circuit over the summer, winning the Wise Dan (G2) at Ellis Park as a 46-1 longshot and finishing second by a half-length in the Mint […]
River City headlines three-stakes Sunday card at Churchill
While temperatures will be cooling significantly in Kentucky this weekend, the open stakes action will be doing the opposite at Churchill Downs. The Louisville track’s Sunday card is highlighted by three stakes, including the $300,000 […]
Highland Chief rides rail to Sycamore victory
If not for a brief virus, Highland Chief would have contested last Saturday’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Aqueduct. But trainer Graham Motion’s fallback plan worked out just fine. […]
Santin too strong for Smooth Like Strait in Arlington Million
Godolphin’s homebred Santin, who broke through with his first stakes win in the Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, followed up over the same Churchill Downs course and distance in Saturday’s Arlington Million (G1). […]
Smooth Like Strait heads nine-horse Arlington Million
Grade 1 winner Smooth Like Strait, a close second in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) last fall, tops a field of nine entered for the $1 million Arlington Million (G1). Churchill Downs will take over […]
Cellist finds a mile and a half ideal in Louisville
Cellist won his stakes debut, the Audubon S. at Churchill Downs last May, after finishing a close second in a Keeneland allowance. The pattern was successfully repeated at Churchill on Saturday when Cellist, who was […]
Another Mystery tops full field in Louisville
Louisville S. (G3) — Churchill Downs Race 11 (5:58 p.m. ET) Aside from the goings on at Pimlico, graded stakes action in the U.S. on Saturday is otherwise limited to the $200,000 Louisville S. (G3) […]
Accredit stuns in Dueling Grounds Derby; Adventuring delivers in Oaks
The Kentucky Downs meet began on Sunday with a pair of lucrative stakes: the $750,000 Dueling Grounds Derby and the $500,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks. […]