Horse Racing News
Posted 4/30/10 1:19 AM by Byron King
Just as an off track could affect the outcome of Saturday's Kentucky Derby, forecasted heavy rainfall Saturday may play a role in deciding the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic in the race preceding the Derby.
Posted 4/30/10 1:16 AM by Claire Novak
The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that you never know what's going to happen.
Posted 4/30/10 12:39 AM by Marty McGee
With the Breeders' Cup Sprint and Dirt Mile to be run later this year at Churchill Downs, it's little wonder that trainers with long-term prospects for those events are getting in a race over the track when they can.
Posted 4/29/10 1:35 AM by Marcus Hersh
If a swift pace may be the undoing of front-runners in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, the same could happen to 3-year-old grass horses in the Grade 2, $175,000 American Turf Stakes on Friday.
Posted 4/29/10 1:31 AM by Marcus Hersh
Turned out Steve Asmussen had little impact on the Kentucky Derby trail in 2010, which is not to say that Asmussen won't have a say in the proceedings on Kentucky Derby Day.
Posted 4/29/10 1:27 AM by Mike Welsch
Rachel Alexandra was the undisputed star of the 2009 Kentucky Oaks. On Friday, the reigning Horse of the Year may overshadow even the tradition-rich Oaks itself.
Posted 4/28/10 4:36 PM by Associated Press
The California Horse Racing Board has suspended trainer Jeff Mullins for 30 days and fined him $2,500 for a drug violation that occurred in 2008.
Posted 4/28/10 1:52 PM by Marty McGee
Jerry Hollendorfer knows the feeling of saddling a Kentucky Oaks winner, having already done it twice. "It's very nice," he said in knowing understatement.
Posted 4/28/10 10:42 AM by Jay Privman
Lookin At Lucky was far from lucky at the Kentucky Derby post position draw Wednesday at Churchill Downs, drawing the inside post, considered a highly disadvantageous starting position against a full field of 20 horses.
The trainer of Endorsement says her colt has an ankle injury and will not run in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.