March 8, 2013 - 11:15am
Colt could land a spot in the gate for the Run for the Roses with win in San Felipe
Just as the Louisville basketball team is preparing for its crucial postseason run, Rick Pitino’s Kentucky Derby hopeful is upon his defining moment.Goldencents, the bay colt part-owned by Pitino who is considered a top Derby contender, faces his toughest rival yet - and will determine his...
February 4, 2013 - 2:23pm
Weekend stakes action puts three more hopefuls on the path to the Kentucky Derby.
Within an hour Saturday, three more Kentucky Derby hopefuls were on the Kentucky Derby points board and well on their way to the Churchill Downs starting gate on the first Saturday in May. The new points system replaces the graded earnings system and determines which horses get into the Kentucky...
February 1, 2013 - 11:00am
The Road to the Derby makes stops in three locales this Saturday with the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal., the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Fla., and the Grade III Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, NY.
The Road to the Derby makes stops in three locales this Saturday with the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal., the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Fla., and the Grade III Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, NY. Each of these...
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...
