First Mission heads G1 Foster on spectacular card
Next Saturday’s Stephen Foster Day stakes previews by Churchill Downs’ Kevin Kerstein (photo above Pyrenees winning the Pimlico Special. MJC/Jim McCue FIRST MISSIONRead More
Our Pretty Woman takes Monomoy Girl; It’s We
Stakes recaps by Churchill Downs’ Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photos of Our Pretty Girl, above by Renee Torbit, and Webslinger by Kurtis Coady)Read More
Rob O’Connor II retires after training almos
Today’s media notes by Churchill Downs’ Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 14, 2024) – Rob O’Connor II, a fixture on theRead More
Time for Trouble voted Claiming Crown Horse of the
A National HBPA release. Photo: Time for Trouble, outside, rallied from near-last to beat Proverb by a head in last December’s Claiming CrownRead More
Jordan Blair getting on roll at Churchill Downs
Barn notes by Churchill Downs’ Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo of Jordan Blair) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 13, 2024) – Jordan Blair has been a relativelyRead More
Ellis Park’s meet to include record purses,
An Ellis Park press release by track publicity director Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo) HENDERSON, Ky. (Monday, June 10, 2024) – Ellis Park RacingRead More
Gargan’s ‘other’ 3-year-old take
Churchill Downs stakes recap by Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media/Renee Torbit photo) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 9, 2024) – It was a big weekend forRead More
Updates on Dornoch, Mystik Dan, Didia, Cogburn
From today’s NYRA media notes, following up on yesterday’s graded stakes (Tim Wilkin photo of Danny Gargan and Dornoch the morning after theirRead More
New Kentuckian Jose Ortiz bags win No. 3,000
Churchill Downs update by Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo of Jose Ortiz wins #3,000 aboard Save the Trees) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 9,Read More
Sweet! Lotsandlotsofcandy earns 96 Bris fig in CD
Churchill Downs media notes by Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 9, 2024) – Jay Em Ess Stable’s 3-year-old homebred Lotsandlotsofcandy was nothing shortRead More