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Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications, —- Improbable; Coady Photography LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 28, 2020) – A third straight Grade 1 victory has put Improbable in the driver’s seat of the handicap ranks heading into the November 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic as the son of City Zip...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications — LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 21, 2020) – A quiet weekend in both the handicap and sophomore ranks resulted in relatively little movement in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll and NTRA Top...

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...

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...