Trainer John Terranova has notified Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards that #7 El Kabeir has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. Post position No. 1 will be left open (no horse) an
OTHER KENTUCKY DERBY NOTES AMERICAN PHAROAH/DORTMUND – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s colts -- Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah and Kaleem Shah’s Dortmund -- galloped at 5:45 Friday morning, shortly after the track opened for training. Baffert
Carpe Diem (Post position 2, morning line 8-1)/Materiality (Post position 3, morning line 12-1)/ Stanford (Post position 11, morning line 30-1)/Itsaknockout (Post position 13, morning line 30-1 – Todd Pletcher (trainer) – “In a perfect world, I woul
KENTUCKY DERBY NOTES AMERICAN PHAROAH/DORTMUND – On “is this an omen front?†there was good news out of Germany’s top soccer league in this week for Kaleem Shah, owner of Dortmund: the club team his horse is named defeated Bayern Munich in an over
Also Tuesday morning, 15 fillies were entered for Friday’s 141st running of the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI). Churchill Downs linemaker Mike Battaglia made Stellar Wind the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the 1 1/8-mile test for the 3-year-old f
Trained by John Terranova, El Kabeir was making his second trip here, having first made the journey in November to win the Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) under Calvin Borel. Borel, a three-time Kentucky Derby-winning rider, will have the mount Saturday. El Ka
Bettors wagered a record $5,672,198 into Saturday's Rainbow 6 with a $1.4 million carryover. The previous record for money wagered into the Rainbow 6 was $3.5 million in 2011 with a $1.4 million carryover. The Rainbow 6 got off to an exciting start with 2
Lambholm South Holy Bull (G2) winner and Besilu Stables Florida Derby (G1) runner-up Upstart recorded the bullet move of the morning, clocking in at 59.95 seconds for five-furlongs. With exercise rider Vicki King aboard, the son of Flatter galloped about
Two days out, the forecast calls for rain to begin late Friday night with the heaviest rain beginning at 6 Saturday morning. “We would most likely stay on for Saturday,†said George Weaver, trainer of Tencendur. “I am bringing Manny Franco in for th
Heading into Friday’s nine-race program, the Rainbow 6 had gone unsolved for 26 consecutive racing days, generating a life-changing carryover jackpot of $ 1,357,478. Should the popular multi-race wager stump the bettors again Friday, the total pool that
