One of the best predictive indicators as to which horse may win the 2024 Kentucky Derby is how it did in its last race before the Run for the Roses. The last 19 of 26 winners — including nine of the last 12 — have raced the final three furlongs (3/8 of a mile) in 38 seconds or faster in that preliminary race.
Six years after gaining national attention as an Eclipse Award-winning apprentice, jockey Weston Hamilton is back in Maryland to begin the latest chapter of his riding career.
Though the 2024 Maryland Hunt Cup is in the history books, another major timber stake will share center stage with the inaugural running of the Grade 1 Commonwealth Cup at the Virginia Gold Cup Races in The Plains, the National Steeplechase Association’s second richest meet of the spring.
It was a quiet morning of routine training Thursday morning at Churchill Downs for the 21 entrants for the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher has started more horses in the Kentucky Derby than any other trainer in history, but his 2-for-64 record equates to a three percent success rate.
Godolphin’s Ottoman Fleet and jockey Richard Mullen will look to defend their title in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Fort Marcy, a nine-furlong inner turf test for older horses, at Belmont at the Big A.
Diamond T Racing and Iapetus Racing’s Gigante will be recognized as 2023 Virginia-Bred Horse of the Year at the Virginia Thoroughbred Association’s annual
Timothy Vaughn Kegel, beloved father, brother, and friend to many, passed away surrounded by his three kids on April 25. He was 74 years old, and his iron will and love for his family gave him the strength to last about 15 years longer than anyone who knew him thought he could.
Tapit Jenallie, 30-1 on the morning line for Friday's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, will scratch from the race, her trainer Eddie Milligan told Churchill Downs officials Thursday morning.
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.
Time to analyze the 2024 Kentucky Oaks field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
The 150th Kentucky Derby is on Saturday, May 4. Action Network horse racing experts break down the Derby odds, their best bets and predictions to win, and their long shot picks.
Surging to the front in the final 100 yards, Stud Montana’s 57-1 shot Che Evasora scored a half-length victory Wednesday over fellow Argentine-bred Hawaiian Love in the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Criadores (G1) for fillies and mares on the dirt at Hipodromo de Palermo in Argentina.
Foster Family Racing, Lonnie Reynolds, Vicki Mills and Donald Coomes’ Joe Shiesty took the lead out of the gate and never was headed in posting a 2 ¼-length victory in the ninth running of the $291,000 William Walker (Listed) for 3-year-olds on Champions Day at Churchill Downs.
Michael Foster’s Next returned to the races in style by romping to an 11 1/4-length victory in the sixth running of the $200,000 Isaac Murphy Marathon Overnight Stakes at Churchill DOnws.
Klaravich Stables’ Grade 1-winner Randomized will make her 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Ruffian, a one-turn mile for older fillies and mares, at Belmont at the Big A.
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.
It's always fun to look at long shots to win the Kentucky Derby, especially if you're considering backing one to win. This practice gets a little more interesting this year as the "Run for the Roses" becomes a family affair — or a family feud.
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.
Bob Baffert's horses are ineligible to run the 2024 Kentucky Derby The 150th Run for the Roses won't see Baffert's horses in the competition because of a suspension that dates back to 2021.
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.
The Kentucky Derby has its first scratch of the week. Brad Cox’s Encino has been scratched from the 150th Run for the Roses.
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.
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