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Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. – While trainer Bob Baffert has been working the yearling sales in recent days seeking out his next stable star, the Hall of Fame conditioner has been able to lay claim to having the top-ranked runners in two of racing’s...

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Qatar Racing, Flurry Racing Stables and Big Aut Farms’ Shedaresthesdevil pushed past heavy favorite Gamine at the eighth pole and then held off a bid from Swiss Skydiver by 1 ½ lengths to win the 146th running of the...

By Gary Yunt —- By My Standards; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Allied Racing Stable’s By My Standards forged to the front in upper stretch and pulled away to post a 1 ¾-length victory over Owendale to win the 17th running of the $400,000...

By Gary unt —- Monomoy Girl; Photos by Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables’ Monomoy Girl, the champion female runner of 2018, continued to show her brilliance as she cruised to a...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Tiz the Law; Gulfstream Park Photo Tiz the Law was made the 3-5 morning-line favorite year’s Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. With this derby being run four months later than usual none of these...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 31, 2020) – Tiz the Law has spent much of his 2020 season in the driver’s seat where divisional bragging rights are concerned and the son of Constitution will take that lofty status into his expected run in the...

By Darren Rogers —- Both Draws to be Held in Aristides Lounge, Streamed Live on KentuckyDerby.com KENTUCKY OAKS – MONDAY AT 11 A.M. IN ARISTIDES LOUNGE What: The Post Position Draw for the 146th running of the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) will be held...

By Hank Wesch —- If the bars in Del Mar were fully open and heavily patronized as usual this TVG Pacific Classic Week (oh, would that they were!) there might be money to be made with one trivial question: How many times has the Pacific Classic, the signature event of the...

By Darren Rogers —- Attendance Will Be Less Than 14% of Total Capacity from Event Record, Maximum of 40% of Seated Capacity; No General Admission; Infield Closed Temperature Checks, Medical Screenings, Physical Distancing, Face Coverings Mandated LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday,...

on Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- If Tiz the Law stays healthy there is not a 3-year-old in the country that will beat him in this year’s Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. He proved that on Aug. 8 when he destroyed the...