Horse Racing News

As he watched the Jerome unfold on television from his home in south Florida and saw Justin Phillip range outside of his 3-year-old Adios Charlie, trainer and part-owner Stanley Hough was going to be happy if his horse could hang on for second.

In keeping with the twists and turns of the Kentucky Derby trail this spring, Saturday's Lexington at Keeneland served up another upset, as Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Derby Kitten surged past the entire field to win going away by 1 1/2 lengths.

Winter Memories proved good enough off the winter break when wearing down longshot Dos Lunas to prevail as an odds-on favorite Thursday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland.

Jess Jackson, owner of the Stonestreet Stables that campaigned Horses of the Year Curlin and Rachel Alexandra, died at home in Geyserville, Calif., on Thursday.

The Breeders' Cup has conducted a major overhaul of its "Challenge" series that guarantees winners of designated stakes races berths in one of the 14 races of its annual year-end event, dropping 24 races from last year's schedule and adding 27.

Winter Memories returns to action Thursday in the Grade 3 Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland, she won't be as overwhelming a choice as you might have thought.

Jaycito was not among the six 3-year-olds entered to run Saturday at Keeneland in the Coolmore Lexington Stakes, but trainer Bob Baffert said he is hopeful the colt still will be able to run in the 137th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Uncle Mo was met by maybe a dozen cameramen and media members when arriving Monday at his Churchill Downs barn at precisely noon Eastern, about two hours behind schedule, in advance of the 137th Kentucky Derby.

Turbulent Descent drew off in the final furlong to run her career record to 5 for 6 with an easy score as an odds-on favorite Sunday in the Grade 2, $150,000 Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland.

The development of Juniper Pass this spring left Ray Bell an anxious trainer before Sunday's $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita.