Churchill Downs Stakes Advances: Kentucky Jockey Club and Golden Rod

By Darren Rogers —- CHAMPAGNE THIRD ENTICED AMONG PROMISING 2-YEAR-OLDS ENTERED FOR SATURDAY’S KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB ON ‘STARS OF TOMORROW II’ AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Race Shares Top Billing with $200,000 Golden Rod on Program Devoted to Races for 2-Year-Olds LOUISVILLE, Ky....
Posted On 24 Nov 2017
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Hollywood Derby Tops Stakes Tripleheader Saturday at Del Mar

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Del Mar continues its Fall Festival of graded stakes competition Saturday with a tripleheader highlighted by the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby for three-year-olds at a mile and one-eighth over the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. A...
Posted On 24 Nov 2017
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Del Mar: 14 Older Fillies and Mares Tangle Thursday in Red Carpet ‘Cap

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Fourteen older fillies and mares will be tested at the marathon distance of a mile and three-eighths on the grass as the highlight of an eight-race holiday program of Thoroughbred racing Thanksgiving Thursday in the $100,000 Red Carpet...
Posted On 22 Nov 2017
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DADDYS LIL DARLING TOPS DEEP CAST IN GRADE II, $200,000 MRS. REVERE

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017) – Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) runner-up Daddys Lil Darling headlines a contentious field of 3-year-old fillies entered in Friday’s 27th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (GII) at Churchill Downs. The Mrs....
Posted On 20 Nov 2017
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LOCAL HEROES THE PLAYER, HONORABLE DUTY BRACE FOR GRADE I INVADERS DIVERSIFY, HOPPERTUNITY IN CHURCHILL DOWNS’ $500,000 CLARK HANDICAP

By Darren Rogers —- Field of Nine Entered for 143rd Running of Highlight of Popular ‘Black Friday’ Racing Program LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017) – Churchill Downs-based rising stars The Player and Honorable Duty are set to bid for glory over their home track, but...
Posted On 20 Nov 2017
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YOCKEY’S WARRIOR AND CHUBLICIOUS TOP THANKSGIVING HANDICAP

By Brian W. Spencer —- Thursday’s 93rd running of the $75,000 Thanksgiving Handicap features a well-balanced septet of sprinters looking to feast on the first open stakes of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 2017-18 meet. Over six furlongs on the main track, the...
Posted On 20 Nov 2017
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Six Juvenile Fillies Tangle Saturday in Desi Arnaz Stakes

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Six talented two-year-old fillies, all but one of whom have maiden victories to their credit, will be tested over seven furlongs Saturday in the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, feature of a nine-race program at Del Mar. Post time for the...
Posted On 18 Nov 2017
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DONA BRUJA DRAWS OUTSIDE POST SATURDAY’S GRADE III CARDINAL HANDICAP

By Darren Rogers —- DONA BRUJA DRAWS OUTSIDE POST, BIDS FOR SECOND CHURCHILL DOWNS STAKES VICTORY IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III CARDINAL HANDICAP Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Limousine Liberal Tops Bet On Sunshine LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017) – Dom Felipe LLC’s...
Posted On 17 Nov 2017
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Aqueduct: Blacktype looks for third straight win in Artie Schiller

NYRA RELEASE —- Gold for the King looks to rebound in Sunday’s NYSS Thunder Rumble OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jump Sucker Stable’s Blacktype will look to capitalize on a cutback in distance in going for his third straight victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Artie...
Posted On 17 Nov 2017
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Aqueduct: Get Jets looks for third straight stakes win in Saturday’s G3 Red Smith

By Najja Thompson —- Bluegrass Jamboree headlines NYSS Staten Island on Sunday OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make his graded stakes debut and looking to pick up his third consecutive victory, Team D’s Get Jets will headline a field of 12 in the 58th running of the...
Posted On 10 Nov 2017
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