Kitodan upsets Dueling Grounds Derby; Vergara battles back in Dueling Grounds Oaks
A pair of lucrative turf stakes for sophomores served as the highlights of an unexpected Labor Day card at Kentucky Downs. […]
Kentucky Downs
Chop Chop edges Towhead in Juvenile Fillies
The first of three scheduled stakes, Saturday’s $500,000 Aristocrat Gaming Juvenile Fillies took place before Kentucky Downs became too waterlogged to continue, wiping out the remainder of the program, and Chop Chop thrived in the […]
Ready to Purrform tops Dueling Grounds Derby; New Year’s Eve the one to beat in Oaks
Sunday’s 11-race program at Kentucky Downs features a pair of lucrative stakes for three-year-olds. Dueling Grounds Derby (G3) – Race 10 (6:31 p.m. ET) Upgraded to Grade 3 status this year, the $750,000 Dueling Grounds […]
Pixelate makes title defense in Mint Million; Janis Joplin, Really Good highlight Kentucky Downs juvenile stakes
Saturday is the second of seven racing days during the 2022 Kentucky Downs meet, and the track will feature a trio of lucrative turf stakes on the 11-race program. $1 million Mint Million (G3) – […]
Family Way fulfills plan in Ladies Marathon; Tobys Heart, Koala Princess romp for Rosario
Jockey Joel Rosario completed his record-setting Kentucky Downs meet with a Sunday stakes double aboard Tobys Heart and Koala Princess, and Brendan Walsh became co-leading trainer when Family Way took the $498,500 Ladies Marathon. […]
Imperador dethrones Arklow in Turf Cup, earns BC Turf spot
Imperador thwarted two-time champ Arklow in Saturday’s Turf Cup (G2), a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), and Princess Grace extended her winning streak in the Ladies Turf (G3). […]
Gear Jockey snares Breeders’ Cup bid in Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs
The decision this summer to emphasize sprinting has paid rapid dividends for Calumet Farm’s homebred Gear Jockey. On Saturday, the four-year-old colt earned an automatic bid to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in November […]
Micheline returns to Kentucky Downs for Ladies Marathon
Kentucky Downs brings the curtain down on Sunday with a trio of stakes for distaffers. […]
Arklow seeks third Turf Cup; Princess Grace heads Ladies Turf
The $1 million Calumet Turf Cup (G2) and $750,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf (G3) are among five lucrative stakes being offered on a dynamite 11-race Saturday program at Kentucky Downs. Calumet Turf Cup (G2) – […]
Got Stormy tackles males in Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs
No stranger to beating the boys, or out-finishing most of them at the highest level, Got Stormy will attempt to topple some very good ones in Saturday’s $1 million Turf Sprint (G3) at Kentucky Downs. […]