Claiming Crown: “This is a big deal for us.&
Kevin Kerstein’s Churchill Downs update leading with the Claiming Crown Equibase entries for Nov. 15 A National and Kentucky HBPA news feature byRead More
Time for Trouble’s goal: To be Claiming Crow
Stories by Jennie Rees (Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation photo above: Time for Trouble winning the 2022 Claiming Crown Iron Horse at Churchill Downs) LOUISVILLE,Read More
KY HBPA members now eligible for workers’ comp p
Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025) — Hundreds of Kentucky HBPA-member trainers are now eligible to sign up for aRead More
TRI ready to work to secure path for Florida indus
A Thoroughbred Racing Initiative press release (OBS/VidHorse Photo above: Hip 177, a filly named Expectations by Mo Donegal, sold for $240,000 to topRead More
2025-26 ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY SCHEDULE ANNOUN
Churchill Downs press release (Coady Media/Margaret Burlingham photo of 2025 Derby winner Sovereignty galloping out) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Sept. 8, 2025) – The officialRead More
HIWU advisory re: Adenosine, Hemo 15 — use a
Unedited horsemen’s advisory from HIWU (Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit): JUN 11, 2025 In recent months, HIWU has adjudicated several cases under theRead More
Thayer to deliver National HBPA Conference keynote
Conference registration and more information Q&A with Damon Thayer on HBPA.org A National HBPA press release (Jennie Rees photo of now retired KentuckyRead More
No joke: Laughing Boy kissed into Jewel win
LAUGHING BOY KISSED INTO $225,000 CLAIMING CROWN JEWEL VICTORY; SURFACE TO AIR CROSSED THE WIRE FIRST BUT WAS DISQUALIFIED TO FOURTH Claiming CrownRead More
Claiming Crown by the numbers (and they’re g
BY THE NUMBERS: 26TH CLAIMING CROWN AT CHURCHILL DOWNS By Churchill Downs publicist Kevin Kerstein (Photo of Juan Cano, one of 83 trainers withRead More
Claiming Crown: Valuable horses no matter what the
By Jennie Rees (Photo above of Carl O’Callaghan aboard East Coast Girl by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Nov. 11, 2024) — TheRead More