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Todd Pletcher's plethora of Kentucky Derby contenders [Sports]
Every week, they come to Gulfstream Park with high expectations, low odds and exemplary pedigrees.
They are the Todd Pletcher three-year-olds, and this season, they’ve rarely disappointed. It’s early February, but the nation’s leading trainer in earnings appears to be the front-runner on the Kentucky Derby trail with some strong contenders.
397 horses nominated to the Triple Crown [Kentucky Derby]
397 horses are now eligible for the Triple Crown series through the early nomination process. Only horses made eligible to the Triple Crown can compete in the Kentucky Derby (May 5th), Preakness Stakes (May 19th), or Belmont Stakes (June 11th). The Kentucky Derby field is limited to 20 and will include four also eligibles this year. The Derby field is comprised of the horses with the most graded stakes earnings.
Longshot I’ll Have Another romps in the Robert B. Lewis [Kentucky Derby]
I’ll Have Another, the longest price on the board at odds of 43-1, easily won the Grade 2 $200,000 Robert B. Lewis stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Sitting comfortably in second throughout the 1 1/16 mile race, Doug O’Neil’s I’ll Have Another made his move around the turn and overtook the lead from Isn’t He Clever going into the stretch. I’ll Have Another finished 2 ¾ lengths in front of Empire Way, who was another 2 ¾ lengths in front of Groovin’ Solo.
Kentucky Derby hopefuls begin their road to Louisville in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes [Kentucky Derby]
A field of eight three-year-olds are set to compete in the Grade 2 $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes. Saturday’s 1 1/16 mile race will be run on the dirt at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Bob Baffert, who’s won this race three times, will send out a pair of runners. Liaison and Sky Kingdom both hold impressive resumes.
Kentucky Derby 138 – Graded stakes schedule [Sports]
The Kentucky Derby is only three months away. Yes, only three months. That may sound like a lot of time to some, but for a horse hopeful of filling one of the 20 slots in the Derby field that means that he (or she) has about three races in which to earn enough graded stakes to make the limited field. The 20 horses with the most graded stakes will have the opportunity to run in the Kentucky Derby.
A video history of Louisville sports (Part 1) [Sports]
Over the past couple of months I’ve researched the history of Louisville sports. Mostly from a personal curiosity I went in simply wanting to know what sports landscape led us collectively to where we are. Around the world sport tells so much about the people of an area at a time.
I looked into the individuals, the landmarks, the games and events- the times.
Churchill Downs allows also eligibles for 2012 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks [Sports]
Churchill Downs will allow “also eligibles” for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks fields for the first time since it was allowed for a brief two years in the early 1980s. The 138th running of the 1 ¼ mile Kentucky Derby will occur the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/8 mile Kentucky Oaks, for fillies, will run the day prior.
It's never too early to start thinking Derby [Sports]
Winter is arriving in Louisville, and that means one thing: it’s time to start tracking Kentucky Derby contenders.
With the Run for the Roses 142 days away, key prep races are right around the corner. Top 2-year-olds have shipped to Florida, California and Louisiana to train for the tough test that is the Triple Crown trail.
Louisville news: Sad day for Louisville luminaries edition [News]
- "The former leader of the Archdiocese of Louisville has died. Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly retired in 2007 after 25 years leading the Archdiocese. Kelly joined the Dominican order sixty years ago and was ordained in 1958. He served in New York early in his career, working with the order as well as with the Archdiocese of New York tribunal and the Legion of Decency."[WFPL]
Churchill Downs 2011 season wrap up [Sports]
With last Sunday wrapping up the 2011 season at Churchill Downs I thought it appropriate to take a look back specifically at the Kentucky Derbies of the past. So, I’ve assembled a “dream race” of sorts with a full field of twenty horses all competing for the prize of being crowned the greatest Derby champion of all time.
All these horses have won individual Derbies but who would win a grand championship? I don’t know, but that doesn’t mean that offering conjecture wouldn’t be interesting.
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