Ademar Santos, who is 15th in the Tampa Bay Downs standings this season with 18 winners, will switch agents when he gets to Gulfstream Park next week.
Tampa Bay Downs owner-trainer Juan Arriagada says all the ingredients were in place to successfully defend his Leading Owner title at Tampa Bay Downs. “I have great help and I have good horses,” said Arriagada, who has posted 26 victories as an owner, one more than he had last season.
Canadiansweetheart will go for the upset in Saturday’s $135,000 Whimsical Stakes Presented by Bulleit Bourbon (G3), at Woodbine. A 4-year-old daughter
Exactly one year after being claimed for $12,500, American Band will be running for a seven-figure purse. “Just luck, that’s all,” Oaklawn-based owner/trainer John Haran said Sunday morning.
Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) will host Bid on the Bluegrass, an online auction of unique, Kentucky-themed items and experiences including halters worn by many 2024 Kentucky Derby contenders.
Tick tock, tick tock, it’s almost Derby o’clock. Just three days remain until the first Saturday in May and the contenders for the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) are completing their final training sessions.
The Jockey Club’s traceability initiative, which was announced at the 2023 Round Table Conference, is scheduled to launch this summer. In preparation,
The final furlong of the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby has been a great separator for as long as the race has been run at that distance. What makes it so exciting is the fact that none of the horses in the race have ever run ten furlongs in competition.
When the two favorites enter the gate for the 150th Kentucky Derby this weekend on May 4, they will be contending not only with 18 expected opponents but also the tradition of full Derby fields that began full tilt with the 100th Kentucky Derby.
“I wanted to win so badly for Northern California,” said jockey Irving “Danny” Orozco after his victory in the Grade 3 San Francisco Mile at Golden Gate Fields April 27.
Overview The purse for the 150th running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve fittingly has been raised to $5 million. Twenty-two horses entered and 20 are expected to run, led by G1 Florida Derby winner Fierceness and G1 Blue Grass Stakes winner Sierra Leone.
The Kentucky Derby is just days away, which means it's time for detailed looks at the horses that could fill the starting gate with Andrew Champagne of Raketech and The Saratogian's Pink Sheet.
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.
Trainer Karl Burke admits an English Classic victory would be “lovely to have on your CV” and heads to Newmarket this weekend with his best chances yet in the first two Classics of the season – the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas (Saturday, May 4) and QIPCO 1,000 Guineas (Sunday, May 5).
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 19th Annual Homecoming Event on Sunday, May 5th, noon to 4 p.m. The event features a live and silent auction of artwork, prints, and racing memorabilia, and includes several premiere collectible stallion halters that are now open for absentee bidding.
The Real Rider Cup, a charity show jumping event featuring members of the racing industry competing on off-track Thoroughbreds, announced today the 2024 dates for two competition legs in the heart of the Thoroughbred industries in Kentucky and Maryland.
New research suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) found in blood and synovial fluid may be able to be used as biomarkers to evaluate joint health, reports Equine Science Update.
Similar to humans, horses may relax more readily when listening to sounds of nature like chirping birds, running water or blowing leaves on trees. This is of particular importance for stalled horses, who often paw, kick, weave or crib as a way to show their frustration with being confined, reports The Horse.
Encino won't run in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, trainer Brad Cox announced on Tuesday.
Undefeated Japanese runners Forever Young (JPN) and T O Password (JPN) put the finishing touches on their major preparation for Saturday’s $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) by working over a Churchill Downs main track rated as good Tuesday morning.
The Kentucky Derby has its first scratch of the week. Brad Cox’s Encino has been scratched from the 150th Run for the Roses.
The road to the Kentucky Derby is rarely typical for any horse, but the road from it can take a horse anywhere in the world – even to Notrees, Texas. Suddenbreakingnews brought the Southwest to Louisville, Ky., on his way to the 2016 Derby, racing as a 2-year-old at Remington Park for his owner, Texas rancher and oilman Sam F.
Trainer Brad Cox told Churchill Downs' publicity team on Tuesday that his Grade 3 Lexington Stakes winner Encino will not run in the Kentucky Derby. The defection allows the first also-eligible, Epic Ride, to draw into the field.
Bob Baffert won't have a horse in the race at the 150th Kentucky Derby, but he is vying to enter two into the Preakness Stakes. The Hall of Fame trainer is likely to have Imagination alongside Muth in the second leg of the Triple Crown, Imagination's co-owner Jack Wolf told BloodHorse.com on Monday.
It is almost time for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. The massive milestone edition will commence on Saturday, May 4.
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