Posted on: Aug 24, 2014
Wicked Strong gave a valiant effort in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Sunday afternoon but came up short as stablemate V.E. Day closed strong for the victory. Both horses are trained by Jimmy Jerkens and both have looked very good since the end of....
Posted on: Aug 21, 2014
There’s not a more famous race horse in the country right now than Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome. He’s currently training for a return to racing competition and on Thursday trainer Art Sherman announced his next race: the $1 mil....
Posted on: Aug 19, 2014
California Chrome may not have won the Triple Crown but he did something that few horses have done becoming the third California bred winner of the Kentucky Derby. Earlier this week, he was formally honored by the State of California for his accompli....
Posted on: Aug 13, 2014
First year Churchill Downs track announcer Larry Collmus will step down at the end of the fall meet at the Kentucky race track to accept the job as lead announcer for the New York Racing Association (NYRA). The NYRA job is considered to be the best i....
Posted on: Aug 10, 2014
Kentucky Derby runner up Commanding Curve–who has had a very erratic three year old campaign otherwise–has started to train for the August 23 Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The Dallas Stewart trained colt turned in his best performance of th....
Posted on: Aug 09, 2014
Wicked Strong entered the 2014 Kentucky Derby with an impressive win in the Wood Memorial and a compelling backstory. His name is an homage to his Boston roots but he didn’t exactly do the city proud in either of Triple Crown appearances. Wicke....
Posted on: Aug 04, 2014
Palace Malice rebounded from a poor 12th place showing in the 2013 Kentucky Derby to look very impressive in winning the Belmont Stakes. He has gone on to become among the best older horses in the sport as a four year old and is considered one of the....
Posted on: Jul 31, 2014
Some sad news today as 2014 Kentucky Derby entrant Dance With Fate was euthanized due to injuries sustained in an incident on July 24. The horse bolted while on the track at Del Mar and crashed hard into a fence.....
Posted on: Jul 28, 2014
It’s almost impossible to get a handle on which horses will be Kentucky Derby contenders next year based on their two year old campaign. The road to the Derby is long and difficult and there have been plenty of two year olds that impressed to b....
Posted on: Jul 23, 2014
Churchill Downs started a Fall race meet last year and they’re making it bigger and better this year. The meet runs from September 5 to September 28 and will include eight stakes races with a combined purse of $925,000. Several of the races wil....