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By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020) – Following a rare weekend off, the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship series is back in full swing Saturday with the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (Grade II) at Gulfstream Park in South Florida. The...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Feb. 24, 2020) – Champion 2-year-old filly British Idiom, winner of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (Grade I), tops the roster of 116 early nominations to the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI), Nor...

By Darren Rogers —- FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER OF YEAR OPENS THURSDAY; INDEPENDENCE HALL, STORM THE COURT LISTED AT 12-1 ON MORNING LINE Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager Also On Tap; Both Pools Close Sunday at 6 p.m. ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Nov. 25, 2019) –...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019) – The official “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” will begin Saturday, Sept. 14 at the home of America’s greatest race as Churchill Downs stages the $200,000 Iroquois (Grade III) for...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, April 15, 2019) – Arkansas Derby (Grade I) runner-up Improbable, along with third-place finisher Country House and sixth-place finisher Long Range Toddy, arrived at Churchill Downs on Monday morning following a flight from...

Kevin Kerstein/Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, April 3, 2019) – Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, Christopher Dunn, Rose Petal Stable and Foard Wilgis’ recent private purchase Hoffa’s Union, a 15 ½-length maiden winner at Laurel and entrant in Saturday’s $750,000...

By Darren Rogers —- Bellafina Favored in Lone Oaks Future Over ‘All Other 3-Year-Old Fillies’ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, March 10, 2019) – Eight weeks in advance of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the pari-mutuel field of “All Other...

By Darren Rogers —- Kentucky Oaks Future Wager Runs Concurrently, Betting Menu Includes Oaks/Derby Future Double LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, March. 5, 2019) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s Grade I-winning duo of Game Winner and Improbable along with last weekend’s...

By Darren Rogers —- ‘ALL OTHERS’ 5-2 FAVORITE, JUVENILE CHAMP GAME WINNER 5-1 AT CONCLUSION OF KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER POOL 2 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019) – With the Kentucky Derby still 12 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018) – The official “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” will begin Saturday at the home of America’s greatest race as Churchill Downs stages the 37th running of the Grade III, $150,000...