CC Canterbury $150.000 5 1/2 Furlongs TurfThree Year Olds And Upward. Have Started for Claiming Price of $25.000 or Less Since 1/1/24Churchill Downs November 15, 2025 A year ago, South Star drew post position fourteen and finished third in the CC… Read More ›
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Raining Prince Reigns in Hope Stakes
Raining Prince delivered a determined performance in Saturday’s $100.000 Hope Stakes (Grade III) at Del Mar, rallying from fourth position to capture the seven-furlong test for two-year-olds under Juan Hernandez for Nakamura Stables. The gray gelding posted a final time… Read More ›
Good Man is Real Good in CC Rapid Transit Stakes
CC Rapid Transit $125.000– Churchill Downs Louisville, KY Good Man from AJM Stables continues to climb up the ladder after an astute claim back in April of this year. The four-year-old gelding has never been better and has been right… Read More ›
Declassified Agent Claims CC Jewel Victory
Declassified Agent delivered a determined performance in Saturday’s $200.000 CC Jewel Stakes at Churchill Downs, surging past his rivals in the stretch to capture the 1 1/8-mile dirt stakes by one length under Irad Castillo for Bears Stable. The six-year-old… Read More ›
The Sidley Stud Continues Their Stellar Season Taking CC Glass Slipper
CC Glass Slipper1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Unlimited Talent The Sidley Stud Castillo I Stalked the lead and had the most to offer in the run to the line, this… Read More ›
Smokin Cherie Dominates The Pebbles Field
Smokin Cherie entered the Pebbles a perfect 4-for-4 on the turf, all in her last four races, but she was still made a 20/1 longshot on the morning line as perhaps the odds makers questioned whether or not she wanted to run a mile. That would emphatically be answered on Sunday, as she would not only win, but do so by three lengths.
Universal Speed Gets First Run in CC Express
CC Express6 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Universal Speed Babyhead Corrales G The key for this three-year-old today was not taking the wide gate speed push to try and contend with the very… Read More ›
Love Is in the Air at AQU
Jockey Club Oaks – Grade III1 3/8 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $350.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Love Mo Mentum Farm Curtis B The filly was always traveling strongly a few lengths behind the leaders, relaxing nicely and full… Read More ›
Bullet Dash Spanks Elders in CC Tiara
CC Tiara $150.000 -Churchill Downs Louisville, KY Bullet Dash, a three-year-old filly from Spb Racing spanked a field of mostly older runners to win The CC Tiara Stakes in game fashion. A nice job by her connections that have been… Read More ›
Menacing Shadow Claims Chilukki Crown
Once the claiming crown races were over at CD, it was time for graded competition as field of six took part in the $300.000 Chilukki. It had all the feel of an evenly matched race, but Menacing Shadow would run away with a convincing two length victory.