Ellis Park-based Kitodan named Claiming Horse of t
A National HBPA press release (Photo: Kitodan winning Kentucky Downs’ Big Ass Fans Dueling Grounds Derby under Gerardo Corrales. Coady Photography) LEXINGTON, Ky.Read More
Young jockeys Holmes, Michel star in Sunday’
Penn State graduate Gage Holmes, a seven-pound apprentice, won her first stakes as Henrietta Topham out-finished favored Turnerloose in the $100,000 Centennial DistaffRead More
Yes It’s Ginger (in foal) thwarted in defend
(Coady photo of Yes It’s Ginger winning 2021 Kentucky Downs Preview Ladies Sprint, now known as the Laguna Distaff Turf Sprint) Sunday’s $100,000Read More
Close to post for Sunday’s four grass-stakes
(Grace Clark photo of Tobys Heart winning at Kentucky Downs last year) Beschizza: Tobys Heart ‘showing no signs of stopping’ Elle Z theRead More
McPeek unveils another Derby contender in Dash Att
Oaklawn Park barn notes by Robert Yates (Coady Photography/Oaklawn Park photo) Kentucky-based trainer Kenny McPeek has a problem, but it’s a good problemRead More
Hartman-trained Elle Z rolls under Murrill in Nels
Fair Grounds stakes-recap (Hodges Photography photo): New Orleans (January 1, 2022) – Having proven quick with no quit, M Bar O’s Elle ZRead More
Gutierrez goes 7 for 17 – including five sta
Stakes recaps by the Fair Grounds publicity team of Joe Kristufek and Kevin Kilroy (Above: Hodges Photography photo of Excess Magic) New OrleansRead More
A look at Monday’s Fair Grounds stakes quint
Fair Grounds stakes preview by track’s publicity department (Hodges Photography photo of Excess Magic) New Orleans (December 24, 2021) – If Sunday’s “RoadRead More
HBPA: Time to expand KTDF to claiming races (and p
(File photo of Senator Damon Thayer courtesy NKY Tribune) FRANKFORT, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 19, 2021) — Expanding purse supplements for Kentucky-breds to includeRead More
Knicks Go: From Ellis Park to Breeders’ Cup
Kentucky HBPA release (Alex Evers/Eclipse Thoroughbred/Breeders’ Cup photo above)Video: Post-Classic interviewsVideo: B-roll, Baffert on Medina Spirit’s second DEL MAR, Calif.Read More