and this-[h=3]Rescued colt runs in second career race today Hawthorne[/h]Magna Fortuna, the 3-year-old colt who is the subject of a Courier-Journal blog, makes his second career start Friday in the fifth race on Hawthorne Race Course's opening-day card.CJ.com
[h=3]Horse Racing Roundup | Score 10 points for Dice Flavor[/h]Dice Flavor, making his first stakes appearance, came from well off the pace to win Saturday's $200,000, GradeIII El Camino Real Derby by 33/4 lengths over Nina's Dragon at Golden Gate Fields.CJ.com
[h=3]Road to the Kentucky Derby 2013 | Winning worth more Derby points[/h]Monday's Southwest, impressively won by Super Ninety Nine, was the last stakes in what Churchill Downs' calls the Kentucky Derby Prep Season, where the top four finishers get points toward Derby qualifying on a 10-4-2-1 scale.CJ.com
[h=3]Stevens might put down microphone to ride Derby contender[/h]Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens came out of retirement this year knowing he would have to schedule his responsibilities as a TV analyst around his opportunities to ride. If Proud Strike runs well under Stevens in Saturday's Risen Star Stakes, Stevens might have a contender for the Kentucky Derby strong enough to convince him to set aside his ..
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[h=3]Russdiculous the horse, Pitino are parting ways[/h]Russdiculous is transferring! Hold your horses, panicky CardNation. We're talking about the 3-year-old colt, not the UofL guard who sometimes drives coach Rick Pitino crazy.CJ.com
[h=3]Derby prospect Violence is out after fracturing ankle[/h]Violence, the top-ranked horse in The Courier-Journal’s Kentucky Derby poll, is off the Triple Crown campaign after sustaining a fractured sesamoid in his right front ankle after finishing second in Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla..CJ.com
[h=3]Trainer McGaughey closing in on Derby try with Orb[/h]Shug McGaughey catches Derby fever every once in a while, and the Hall of Fame trainer just might have it again thanks to a 3-year-old colt named Orb.
[h=3]Vyjack hijacks Gotham Stakes to remain unbeaten[/h]Rudy Rodriguez has gotten a taste of the Kentucky Derby as an exercise rider and a spectator. This year, he might be at Churchill Downs on May 4 as the trainer of a Derby contender.CJ.com
[h=3]'All others' leads in Derby Future Wager[/h]The second of three betting pools in the Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby Future Wager concluded Sunday with few surprises, when wagering closed with a strong favorite in the 'All Others' betting interest as the strong 3-1 favorite.CJ.com
[h=3]Thoroughbred Racing Notebook | Uncaptured's workout motivates Spiral move[/h]Uncaptured, who swept Churchill Downs’ Iroquois and Kentucky Jockey Club last fall, worked so well Tuesday morning in Ocala, Fla., that trainer Mark Casse has upgraded his sights for the colt’s 3-year-old debut: Instead of easing into competition in Turfway Park’s $75,000 Rushaway Stakes at 1-1/16 miles.
[h=3]Thoroughbred Racing Notebook | Uncaptured's workout motivates Spiral move[/h]Uncaptured, who swept Churchill Downs’ Iroquois and Kentucky Jockey Club last fall, worked so well Tuesday morning in Ocala, Fla., that trainer Mark Casse has upgraded his sights for the colt’s 3-year-old debut: Instead of easing into competition in Turfway Park’s $75,000 Rushaway Stakes at 1-1/16 miles.CJ.com
Wearing the angst-ridden look usually reserved for hospital waiting rooms, Stonestreet Farm owner Barbara Banke and the attending veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital detailed the serious fight Rachel Alexandra has ahead of her as the...
[h=3]Stevens might put down microphone to ride Derby contender[/h]Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens came out of retirement this year knowing he would have to schedule his responsibilities as a TV analyst around his opportunities to ride. If Proud Strike runs well under Stevens in Saturday's Risen Star Stakes, Stevens might have a contender for the Kentucky Derby strong enough to convince him to set aside his ..
Trainer Todd Pletcher unleashes two more talented members of his crop of Kentucky Derby contenders when Violence runs in the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream and Palace Malice goes in the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds on Saturday.
Legendary stallion Storm Cat enjoyed a 30th birthday celebration at Overbrook Farm on Wednesday, joined by his former trainer and exercise rider Jonathan and Cathy Sheppard.
