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Churchill Downs releases stakes probables for Kentucky Derby week

Tue Apr 26 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Churchill Downs opens Saturday, April 30 and 13 stakes races will be offered over the first week to accompany the 142 nd runnings of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 6 and May 7. Here are the prospect ...
Picking Derby winner might come down to whose negatives you can accept

Tue Apr 26 2016Vance Hanson

While I admittedly stood against them because I generally don't like backing favorites in the Kentucky Derby (G1), both American Pharoah last year and California Chrome in 2014 had, in my opinion, few if any negatives going into their respective r ...
Mor Spirit drills five furlongs with Stevens

Tue Apr 26 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit , runner-up to Exaggerator in the April 9 Santa Anita Derby (G1), put in his first breeze over the Churchill Downs main track for the Kentucky Derby (G1) on Tuesday morning during the special 8:30- ...
Finest City records initial stakes win; big week for Kruljac horses at Los Alamitos

Tue Apr 26 2016John Mucciolo

LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK There was a single graded affair during the second week of racing at Los Alamitos. Great Lady M S. (G2) : Seltzer Thoroughbreds’ FINEST CITY (City Zip) commenced her run at the top of the lane and passed all foes in post ...
Overnight events highlight Tuesday card at Rosecroft

Tue Apr 26 2016Ted Black

Midway through the Tuesday card at Rosecroft, Acceletron (Frank Milby) and Frost Advisory (Jonathan Roberts) will look to settle the issue late. Acceletron won his most recent outing for trainer-driver Frank Milby and owner Candy Milby in 1:56.4 as t ...
Champion sprinter Smoke Glacken dead at 22

Mon Apr 25 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Relase Gainesway Farm has announced the passing of 1997 champion sprinter and successful sire Smoke Glacken. The 22-year-old gray son of Two Punch was humanely euthanized April 21 because of the infirmities of old age. Smoke Glacken ...

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Kentucky Derby 11 through 15 in Point Standings

Mon Apr 25 2016D.S. Williamson

15. Whitmore -  I'm not sure what to make of Whitmore. He strikes me as a horse that has a single move in him. The move doesn't seem to last long, which should put him in a bad position come Kentucky Derby Day. The biggest question I have is why, un ...
Asmussen works five for Oaks; Carina Mia breezes

Mon Apr 25 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Trainer Steve Asmussen, whose induction into the Hall of Fame was announced Monday, sent his  five Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls out for five-furlongs breezes Monday at Churchill Downs: Terra Promessa (1:02.80), Ta ...
Gun Runner, Creator post "ideal" works for Derby

Mon Apr 25 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Creator and Gun Runner 's Monday morning breezes were "ideal" according to trainer Steve Asmussen, who sent both horses out for serious workouts during Churchill Downs' special 8:30-8:45 a.m. ...
Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, Asmussen & Dominguez to Hall of Fame

Mon Apr 25 2016TwinSpires Staff

Rachel Alexandra photo (left) courtesy of EquiSport Photos; Zenyatta courtesy Ted Tarquinio/Horsephotos.com Edited press release from the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Champion racehorses Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, multiple Ecli ...
Churchill Downs to host 2018 Breeders' Cup

Mon Apr 25 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited press release from Breeders' Cup The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horseracing’s most prestigious international events, has on Monday announced that it will return to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2018. As part of t ...
Kentucky Derby contender Shagaf turns in best-ever work, Brown says

Mon Apr 25 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited press release from Churchill Downs The Chad Brown-trained duo of My Man Sam and Shagaf recorded their first serious preparations for the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1). My Man Sam, a late-closing second in the April 9 Blu ...
2016 KENTUCKY DERBY PEDIGREES

Mon Apr 25 2016Kellie Reilly

Here's the collection of links to the pedigree profiles posted so far. As we get closer to Derby Week, we'll keep adding more, so stay tuned! Mo Tom Oscar Nominated Creator Outwork Brody’s Cause ...

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