Kentucky Derby News

September 29, 2016
Champion Runhappy 'Better Than He Was a Year Ago'; Returns in Saturday's Ack Ack
The much-anticipated wait for the return of reigning Champion Sprinter Runhappy ends Saturday when the James McIngvale-owned son of 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver makes his 4-year-old debut in the $100,000 Ack Ack Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade...
September 28, 2016
Champion Sprinter Runhappy Headlines Saturday's One-Mile Ack Ack
North America’s reigning Champion Male Sprinter Runhappy landed post position No. 5 for his much-anticipated 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s 24th running of the $100,000 Ack Ack Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade III) over one mile at Churchill...
September 25, 2016
Mines and Magic Wins $100,000 Dogwood; Paddys Day Rolls in President of UAE Cup
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s homebred Mines and Magic muscled her way through an opening at the top of the stretch to grab the lead with three-sixteenths of a mile to run and held off a late charge by Wonderment to win Saturday night’s 41st running...
September 25, 2016
Dogwood Winner Mines and Magic to Target Keeneland's Grade II Raven Run
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s Mines and Magic will target Keeneland’s $250,000 Raven Run (Grade II) on Oct. 22 for her next start following Saturday’s three-quarter-length win in the $100,000 Dogwood Stakes (listed) at Churchill Downs.
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September 24, 2016
Glyshaw Pointing Louisville Handicap Winner Bullards Alley to Dirt and Lukas Classic
A game second-place effort behind multiple graded stakes winner Da Big Hoss in the $594,180 Kentucky Turf Cup (Grade II) on Sept. 10 has given trainer Tim Glyshaw confidence that Bullards Alley can spin back in three weeks for the $175,000 Lukas Classic...
September 23, 2016
Stephen Foster Handicap Winner Bradester Targeting Oct. 1 Lukas Classic
Joseph Sutton’s Bradester, upset winner of the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade I) in June, will be looking for another victory over the Churchill Downs main track when he makes his next start in the $175,000 Lukas Classic (listed) on Saturday,...
September 22, 2016
Jerkens Sends New York Invader Saharan to Saturday Night's Dogwood
Last November, trainer Jimmy Jerkens invaded Churchill Downs for the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) with Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) runner-up Effinex, and hopes to do the same Saturday night when he sends Saharan...
September 21, 2016
Emmzy Attempts to Land First Stakes Win in Saturday Night's Dogwood
Zayat Stables LLC’s Indiana Oaks (Grade II) runner-up Emmzy landed the outside post in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies as she attempts to land her first stakes victory in Saturday night’s 41st running of the $100,000 Dogwood Stakes Presented...
September 18, 2016
Daddys Lil Darling On Her Way to Breeders' Cup After Pocahontas Win
Normandy Farm’s homebred Daddys Lil Darling made a sweeping five-wide move late to take Saturday’s 48th running of the $200,000 Pocahontas Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade II) by a diminishing half-length over hard-charging Ever So Clever...
September 18, 2016
Iroquois Winner Not This Time Likely to Train Up to Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Following an emphatic 8 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade III) at Churchill Downs, Not This Time is scheduled to go straight to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) at Santa Anita...
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