Busy summer: Pedroza among jocks to ride at Ellis
Photo: Marcelino Pedroza rides Bango to victory in Churchill Downs’ $150,000 Aristides Stakes for trainer Greg Foley. Coady Photography HENDERSON, Ky. (Friday, JuneRead More
Essential Quality gives Cox first Triple Crown win
(Photo: Louisville’s Brad Cox hoists the Belmont Stakes trophy after Essential Quality gave him his first Triple Crown race victory) By Brian Bohl,Read More
Ellis Park open for training: ‘It’s gr
HENDERSON, Ky. (Monday, May 24, 2021) — Ellis Park’s 2021 racing season is only five weeks away, with the trickle of horse vansRead More
Essential Quality works (5F in 59.80) for expected
Today’s Churchill Downs barn notes by Kevin Kerstein (Coady Photography photos of Essential Quality training for the Kentucky Derby): LOUISVILLE, KY (Saturday, MayRead More
‘Hotbrown’ gives Maker a stakes quarte
BALTIMORE – Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable’s Somelikeithotbrown continued trainer Mike Maker’s Preakness Weekend to remember by setting a course record wwhile notchingRead More
Double of Maker: Army Wife marches to Black-Eyed S
Maryland Jockey Club press release BALTIMORE – Three Diamonds Farm’s Army Wife was able to extricate herself from tight quarters leaving theRead More
Another Maker claim to fame as Last Judgment takes
(Above: Last Judgment, with Jose Ortiz up, gave Kentucky-based trainer Mike Maker his first victory in the $250,000, Grade 3 Pimlico Special onRead More
Ellis Park to be at full capacity for live meet
Ellis Park press release HENDERSON, KY (Friday, May 14, 2021) — Ellis Park Racing and Gaming announced today that in accordance with theRead More
Mattress Mack makes point to place $2M bet at trac
(Photo: James McIngvale at Claiborne Farm with his stallion and 2015 champion sprinter Runhappy. Courtesy Gallery Furniture) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, April 29, 2021)Read More
Ellis Park’s 2021 meet: Record purses, two n
(Photo: The Brad Cox-trained Factor This, with Shaun Bridgmohan up, won Ellis Park’s 2020 Kentucky Downs Preview Turf Cup for the second straightRead More