Saturday 5/4/246:30pm EDT 7 CD The Derby City Distaff (Grade I) 7f Dirt Stakes $1,000.000 4yo&Up F&M The Green Card hands out the exacta, as cold as the other side of the pillow, as Alydar Stables‘ Smokin… Read More ›
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Dayton Prevails in Stretch to Win CD
The rain that fell at CD on Saturday led to several horses being scratched, including the horse that we picked to win: Categorical Maybe. In fact, two of our top four picks were among the horses that would not be sent to the starting gate as planned. Having no issue with the elements was Dayton, who is trained by Pan Farms.
Fanatical Empire Stays Hot and Wins American Turf
There was plenty of reason to like Fanatical Empire in the American Turf, but when the rain came that made the turf course soft, the colt may have actually become more appealing. His prior win, the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes from KEE was also on soft going.
Fractious Lays “Waste” to KY Oaks Field
Friday, May 3, 2024Post Time 8:05pm EDT 7 CD KY Oaks (GI) Purse $1,500.000 3yoF 1 1/8m Dirt 121lbs Preference to TC-KYO Qualifications We didn’t do our best handicapping here, but the way the tote… Read More ›
It’s Time for The 2024 KYD
The KYD is one of those races that we all dream of winning when we first create our virtual stables, but few of us will ever experience the joy of grabbing the victory. This Saturday, the dreams of one trainer will be realized as they will either win this race for the first time or multiple times.
An Elite Field Takes to the Track for Alysheba
Alysheba – Grade IICD Race #5 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $750.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Lunar Victory Fractious Prat F 122 — I had always thought a lot of this horse and he hasn’t really delivered… Read More ›
La Troienne May Be BC Distaff Take Two
La Troienne – Grade ICD Race #6 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $1,000.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Horing Gal Night Rider Stables Saez L 122 — Lightly raced and with only one win to… Read More ›
It’s a BC Sprint Rematch in TS Turf Sprint
TS Turf Sprint – Grade IICD Race #3 5 1/2f Turf Graded StakePurse $600.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Apache Tomcat Ajm Stables Kimura K 124 — 42 races, 14 wins and 30 ITM, this seven-year-old has been… Read More ›
Categorically Difficult to Pick a Winner in CD
The great day of racing continues on the undercard for the KYD, and one of the races is named after this very race track. Simply called the CD, this is a Grade 1 race for older horses at seven furlongs, and like many other races on this day, it runs for its highest purse of all time.