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Promise Me Silver remains perfect in Eight Belles, Race 10, on 2015 Kentucky Oaks undercard

Fri May 01 2015Jen Caldwell

Promise Me Silver gave trainer Bret Calhoun back-to-back wins in Friday’s Eight Belles S. (G3), run as the 10th race on the 2015 Kentucky Oaks Friday card. Last year, Calhoun triumphed with another Texas-bred in Fiftyshadesofgold. This time aro ...
Turf Sprint: Power Alert breaks course record on 2015 Kentucky Oaks Day

Fri May 01 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Vance Hanson The Australian-bred Power Alert made virtually all the running from his outside post and won by three-quarters of a length on Friday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint. The five-furlong dash was the 9TH race on the 2 ...
Protonico wins Alysheba photo in Race 8 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks program

Fri May 01 2015Vance Hanson

Prontonico gutted out a photo-finish victory as the 7-5 favorite in Friday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Alysheba, The Alysheba, a 1 1/16-mile test for older horses, was the 8TH race on the 2015 Kentucky Oaks program. Conceding the early lead to Den’s Legac ...
Molly Morgan takes inside route for La Troienne victory in Race 7 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks card

Fri May 01 2015Jen Caldwell

Molly Morgan snuck through on the rail to take Friday’s $300,000 La Troienne Stakes, a Grade 1 contest scheduled as the 7TH race on the 2015 Kentucky Oaks program. Trained by Dale Romans and ridden by Corey Lanerie, the six-year-old mare ran in th ...
Feathered steals Edgewood, Race 6 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks program

Fri May 01 2015Kellie Reilly

With the scratch of Sunset Glow, Friday's $150,000 Edgewood at Churchill Downs not only lost its 8-5 morning-line favorite, but also its obvious pacesetter. Into the breach stepped Feathered, who seized command right out of the gate, got away with sl ...
Awesome Jill proves a great hunch play in Race 5 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks card

Fri May 01 2015Kellie Reilly

The many fans of Churchill Downs' own Jill Byrne, the " First Lady of the Kentucky Derby ," would have been kicking themselves for not playing Awesome Jill, who drew in from the also-eligible list to spring a 20-1 upset in Friday's 5TH race on Kentuc ...

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Go figure! The Brisnet.com Numbers It Takes To Win the Kentucky Derby

Fri May 01 2015TwinSpires Staff

Our infographic, Kentucky Derby By the Numbers ,  looks at the trend of the winner’s Prime Power, Class, and Speed Rating each race 2000-2015, and if the past 15 Kentucky Derbys have taught us anything, it’s that you need at least a 100 Brisnet ...
Mighty Souper swoops from off pace in Race 4 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks Day

Fri May 01 2015Kellie Reilly

Live Oak Plantation's Mighty Souper parlayed a ground-saving trip off a fast early pace into a turf maiden victory in Friday's 4TH race on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs. Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, the 4-1 second c ...
Curalina dominates Race 3 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks undercard

Fri May 01 2015James Scully

Curalina turned in a catchy performance in Friday’s third race at Churchill Downs, drawing off brilliantly to win by a commanding 8 ¼-length margin. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, Curalina has now won two straight. She was ...
England's 2000 Guineas an intriguing 2015 Kentucky Derby appetizer

Fri May 01 2015Vance Hanson

The Kentucky Derby is not the only Thoroughbred classic that will be contested on Saturday. Approximately eight hours before the Run for the Roses, a large field will assemble at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile for the first leg of the English Triple Crown, ...
Killer Partner leads throughout in Race 2 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks program

Fri May 01 2015James Scully

Killer Partner proved speed can win on the Churchill Downs turf, leading wire to wire in Friday’s second race, a maiden special weight for fillies and mares. Second in her first three starts for trainer Mike Maker, Killer Partner received a heady ...
Big Red Seven wins Race 1 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks Day program

Fri May 01 2015James Scully

Big Red Seven carried her speed to a 26-1 upset in the first race at Churchill Downs, holding off 4-5 favorite Chide to win by about a half-length. The second-longest shot among nine runners in the seven-furlong allowance for three-year-old fillie ...
DeRosa's Oaks Day ABC for your 123 (do-re-mi)

Fri May 01 2015Ed DeRosa

Happy Kentucky Oaks day! What used to be Louisville's day at the races has turned into a horseplayer holiday right up there with the Triple Crown races and Breeders' Cup weekend. There's a 12-race card today, and I don't expect it to be overly chalky ...

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