KTBIF pays out $16.2 million to KY breeders based
A Kentucky Public Protection/Kentucky Horse Racing Commission release/Photo above: Darley’s Pretty Mischievous, based in Kentucky with trainer Brendan Walsh, won the Kentucky Oaks
Risen Star highlights weekend’s Derby preps
Churchill Downs’ weekly Kentucky Derby update by the track’s publicity department (Hodges photo of Track Phantom winning the Lecomte) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Feb.
Nice as Pie rolls in Valdale; Surly Furious wheels
Turfway Park press release by Kevin Kerstein (Coady Photography/Turfway Park photo of Nice as Pie winning the Valdale under Adam Beschizza) FLORENCE, Ky.
Danny Caldwell on partnership with Toby Keith
Oaklawn Park news release by Robert Yates (Photo above: Toby Keith, left, at Ellis Park. He’s with the late GM Jeff Hall, who
In memorium: Exercise Rider to the Stars Joanne Mc
(Above: Joanne McNamara aboard 1995 Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch at Pimlico for the Preakness Stakes. Photo courtesy Skip Dickstein) Joanne McNamara —
KY mainstay Morse having strong Oaklawn meet
An Oaklawn Park press release by Robert Yates (Taxed, trainer Randy Morse and jockey Rafael Bejarano after winning last year’s Black Eyed Susan
Pletcher’s 54(!) leads 346 Triple Crown earl
A Churchill Downs press release Sortable spreadsheet with information about the 346 early nominees Past performances for the early noms (all courtesy Churchill
Mystik Dan, Band of Gold shine as McPeek nears 2,0
An Oaklawn Park stakes recap by Robert Yates (Holly Smith photo of Mystic Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez after their Southwest win) Pushing
Pessin buys five horses he trained for Lothenbach
Fair Grounds news feature by Kevin Kilroy (Hodges photo of Happy American winning 2023 Louisiana Stakes) New Orleans, La (Feb. 4, 2024) – With 19
Red-hot Ennis barn takes Leonatus with Epic Ride
Edited Turfway Park stakes recap; Coady photo of Epic Ride winning the Leonatus under Adam Beschizza FLORENCE, Ky. (Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024) – Welch Racing’s Epic