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By Amy Owens —- Graduates Justify, Mendelssohn and Magnum Moon are early favorites LEXINGTON, KY (May 1, 2018) – Horses sold at Keeneland’s 2016 September Yearling Sale – led by $3 million sale topper Mendelssohn, winner of the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and UAE...

By Darren Rogers —- 2017 KENTUCKY DERBY AND OAKS HEROES ALWAYS DREAMING AND ABEL TASMAN TOP RESPECTIVE ALYSHEBA, LA TROIENNE FIELDS FRIDAY GAS STATION SUSHI MOTORS IN TO FACE SIX FOES IN EIGHT BELLES UNDEFEATED RUSHING FALL TOPS EDGEWOOD FIELD OF 11 BUCCHERO HEADLINES FIELD...

By Darren Rogers —- COMBATANT WORKS TOWARD DERBY 144, MENDELSSOHN DUE TO ARRIVE MONDAY AFTERNOON; MONOMOY GIRL 2-1 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE FOR KENTUCKY OAKS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, April 30, 2018) – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s Combatant completed his...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, April 30, 2018) – Monomoy Girl and Midnight Bisou, the two dominant 3-year-old fillies in the country, will clash for the first time Friday as they head a field of 14 entered Monday for the 144th running of the $1 million...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, April 28, 2018) – Kevin Chessen’s Luv This Lifestyle, one of 10 2-year-old winners sent out by trainer Wesley Ward at the just concluded Keeneland meet, headlines a field of nine 2-year-olds entered Saturday for Thursday’s 25th...

By Amy Owens —- Monomoy Girl; Photos provided by Keeneland Central Bank Ashland Winner Monomoy Girl among Eight Keeneland Sales Alumni Entered in $1 Million Kentucky Oaks Monomoy Girl is 2-1 morning-line favorite LEXINGTON, KY (April 30, 2018) – Monomoy Girl, who won...

By Ed Golden —- INSTILLED REGARD Zoe Metz Photography • VAN DYKE READY FOR HIS FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY • SPAWR HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY NEXT WEEKEND • PRAT RIDES WITH MOMENTUM AS DERBY DAY NEARS VAN DYKE ON INSTILLED REGARD IN HIS FIRST DERBY At the tender age of 23 and already...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Things were different in 1999. Current WinStar Farm President/CEO & Racing Manager, Elliott Walden, was one of the top Thoroughbred trainers in the country, coming off a year in which he won the Belmont Stakes with Victory Gallop to deny...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Hard Study will return to stakes company as part of a field of nine in the third running of the $100,000 Flat Out for 4-year-olds and up on Friday at Belmont Park. Owned by Paul Pompa, Jr., Hard Study utilized a stalking trip to post a...

By ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN —- • BOLT D’ORO PICTURE-PERFECT IN DERBY BREEZE • APPRENTICE RIDER ASA ESPINOZA IS ‘ACING IT’ • BEJARANO IS GETTING READY TO RESUME RIDING • FIRST POST WILL BE 12:30 P.M. STARTING ON MAY 3 BOLT D’ORO, MIDNIGHT BISOU WORK FOR KENTUCKY Under a...