La Troienne – Grade I1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Hobo Blues Alydar Stables Espinoza V The wet track form certainly suggested this trifecta although not many people predicted this… Read More ›
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Distant Breeze Excels in the Wet To Take Alysheba
Alysheba – Grade II1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $750.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Distant Breeze The Sidley Stud Pennington F This six-year-old was handed his best chance of victory here as the rains came and with… Read More ›
The Derby City Distaff Sees More Lady Sammyantha Dominance
Lady Sammyantha continued her amazing run in The Derby City Distaff on Saturday, winning for the seven consecutive time and for the nineteenth time in her career. The last time that she lost a race was the 2024 version of the race, so now she gets redemption for that.
Credit Crime Is Like a Streak of Lightning on a Stormy Day in KY Oaks
KY Oaks – Grade I1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $1,500.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. Well, when the dust settles and the ground conditions are discussed and assessed there will still be the story of a brilliant filly who won… Read More ›
Edward The Good Lives Up to His Name in CD
Ironically, the only horse that was scratched for the CD was a horse named Storm Water. The other twelve would run as scheduled in the race, with the conditions making Edward The Good appearing to be an even better choice.
Bigchief Stables Is “Fanatical” About Wet Sod, Takes Forester Pot
5/3/2025 8 CD Forester Turf Classic (GI) $1,000.000 11/8thm Turf 4yo&Up 122lbs I think Bigchief Stables could hear me complaining about the soft turf… telling me to HUSH IT!! Fanatical Empire stays perfect on the… Read More ›
Western Knight Cruises to American Turf Victory
On a rainy day at CD, our pick to win the American Turf, Ello Santa ended up being the lone scratch of the race, leaving thirteen to go at it on the soft going. Not being scratched was the Our Athletes- trained Western Knight, a gelding that has really come to life at the start of the year.
Secret Of A Lady Much Too Strong, Easy Score in CD Distaff Turf Mile
5/3/2025 8 CD CD Distaff Turf Mile (GII) $750.000 1m Turf 4yo&Up F&M 122lbs RL turf… good. Here, good – nah… yielding – of course not… let’s not put out the effort and call… Read More ›
The 2025 KYD – It Looks Amazing! Amazingly Wet…
5/3/2025Post Time 7:30PMTrack Condition — Sloppy / Soft 13 CD The KYD (GI) $5,000.000 3yo 1 1/4m Dirt 126lbs Preference to TC-KYD Qualifications. WEATHER UPDATE So, the rain is… Read More ›
