November 23, 2012 - 10:38pm
Shackleford goes out a winner.
Shackleford won the $400,000 Clark Handicap before a crowd of adoring fans at Churchill Downs Friday evening. The race was to be the Dale Romans-trained colt’s swan song before retiring to stand stud duty at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.Shackleford broke for the lead under jockey...
November 21, 2012 - 11:00am
Black Friday isn’t just for shopping.
Churchill Downs will host its only fall meet grade one event this Friday when a field of ten contest the $400,000 Clark Handicap at 1 1/8 miles over the dirt.Headlining the field with the top weight of 120 pounds is Dale Romans’ Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford. The four-year-old son of...
June 18, 2011 - 7:36pm
Pool Play closed sharply to edge out Mission Impazible in the Grade 1 $500,000 Stephen Foster Stakes.
Pool Play closed sharply to edge out Mission Impazible in the Grade 1 $500,000 Stephen Foster Stakes. In a day in which the Churchill Downs track was slowly upgraded from sloppy to good to fast, a 36-1 Mark Casse runner shocked the crowd when he crossed the finish line first in the field of 11...
June 18, 2011 - 12:06am
Saturday's Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs may determine a leader in the handicap division. Some of the country's top older male horses will strut their stuff over the Churchill oval.
The Grade 1 $500,000 Stephen Foster Stakes will run Saturday at Churchill Downs. The race has traditionally included the handicap division's leading horses. In the past six runnings of the race, it has produced three horses that went on to be crowned Champion Older Male when the Eclipse Awards...
