November 5, 2012 - 9:15am
Shanghai Bobby gives connections high hopes for Kentucky Derby 139.
Before a crowd of 55,123 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal., favored Shanghai Bobby fought off a game He’s Had Enough to win the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) for Louisville’s Jack Wolf, Ed Glasscock and their Starlight Racing Partnership. Wolf and his filly Ashado gave...
November 2, 2012 - 10:30am
The marquee Kentucky Derby prep race for two-year-olds is the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile which will run Saturday at Santa Anita Park.
Last year fans saw the pale grey Hansen become the early Kentucky Derby favorite when he won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on a fast track at Churchill Downs in early November. In the 2010 edition of the race, it was Uncle Mo who would hold that title until an illness forced the colt to be...
November 2, 2012 - 9:34am
This weekend get a glimpse of some of the fillies you might see next year in the Kentucky Oaks.
Although the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will not be run at Churchill Downs this year as they have been the last two years, Churchill Downs may be in the future for some of the two-year-old fillies that will race in the Championships Friday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A...
October 2, 2012 - 12:11pm
Connections say the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner has been training well for his comeback bid
Team Valor and trainer Graham Motion announced Tuesday that Animal Kingdom is slated to make his long-awaited return to the races in the Breeders’ Cup Mile on turf at Santa Anita Park on November 3.Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up, has been working his...
August 15, 2012 - 9:21am
On September 19-22 Louisville Classical Academy, the Berry Center, Fons Vitae, and daring participants of all ages present a community reading of Homer's ILIAD at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Using the Robert Fagles modern translation, we will start with Book I on Wednesday and end...
