Monday morning saw the arrival at Churchill Downs of champion juvenile Classic Empire, fresh off his narrow victory in Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park. Classic Empire, who had not raced since early February […]
Classic Empire brought huge expectations into 2017 but little had gone right for the 2-year-old champion. The Mark Casse-trained son of Pioneerof the Nile turned things around in grand style Saturday, rallying to win the […]
The $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) wraps up the Road to the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, offering the final 100-40-20-10 points toward a starting berth in the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1), and a dozen […]
Next Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G1) is sure to shake up the Kentucky Derby (G1) leader board a tad more, but in general the field for the 143rd running of the American classic is nearly complete, […]
It’s been anything but a straightforward path to the Kentucky Derby (G1) for Classic Empire, but last year’s unanimous champion two-year-old colt appears to have turned the corner just in time for the April 15 […]
Champion Classic Empire and undefeated McCraken, both leading Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders who encountered recent setbacks, hope to put all of that behind them as they returned to the worktab at Palm Meadows this weekend. […]
El Areeb and Irish War Cry were heavy favorites in their respective Kentucky Derby (G1) preps at the weekend, and both suffered ignoble defeats, primarily for trying to do something they hadn’t been doing of […]
After being favored among individual interests in the first two pools, #11 Classic Empire no longer has a firm grasp on that honor entering Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). #15 McCraken, […]
Champion two-year-old colt Classic Empire, found to have a right front hoof abscess after his subpar third in the Holy Bull (G2), won’t be ready in time for the March 4 Fountain of Youth (G2), […]
Classic Empire appeared “fine” to trainer Mark Casse on the morning after his disappointing third in Saturday’s Holy Bull (G2). But last year’s unanimous champion two-year-old colt turned out to be harboring a foot abscess. […]
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