HORSE RACING NEWS
09/30/2015
Three Grade 1 Races Highlight Fall Stars Saturday of Keeneland Fall Meet
Other Grade 1s on Saturday’s card are the 102nd running of the $500,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity for 2-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the main track and the 18th running of the $400,000 First Lady for fillies and mares going a mile on the turf. The S
09/30/2015
Keeneland Barn Notes for Sept. 30
JUDY THE BEAUTY PUTS PERFECT KEENELAND MARK ON LINE IN THOROUGHBRED CLUB OF AMERICA Owner-trainer Wesley Ward’s Judy the Beauty, the reigning champion distaff sprinter of 2014, heads a field of eight entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 35th running of the $2
09/29/2015
Saturday’s Florida Sire Stakes ‘Unchartered Waters’ for Juveniles
Blessed with a strong contingent for Saturday’s $1.3 million third leg of the Florida Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Park, the owner/breeder and trainer figure to make strong bids to add to their record total in the $500,000 My Dear Girl Division for 2-year-ol
09/29/2015
Historic Keeneland Fall Meet Gets Underway Oct. 2
The Fall Meet breaks from the starting gate on Friday, Oct. 2, with Fall Stars Weekend, three days of racing which will showcase many Breeders’ Cup-bound stars. Nine graded stakes races worth $3.7 million, including seven Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In”
09/29/2015
Keeneland Barn Notes for Sept. 29
DEFENDING CHAMPION WORK ALL WEEK HEADS FRIDAY’S STOLL KEENON OGDEN PHOENIX Midwest Thoroughbreds’ champion Work All Week will attempt to become the seventh back-to-back winner of the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G3) on Friday, opening day of the Fall Meet,
09/27/2015
Gulfstream’s 20-Cent Rainbow 6 Hit For $130,000
When racing resumes at Gulfstream Thursday with a first race post of 1:15 p.m., there will be a carryover in the Pick 5 of $20,598.26. Gulfstream will also have mandatory payouts of the Rainbow 6, Pick 5 and Super Hi 5 Saturday, Oct. 3 on the last day of
09/27/2015
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap: $175,000 Lukas Classic
Formerly known as the Homecoming Classic, the race was renamed this year to honor Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. The legendary 80-year-old horseman has been based at Churchill Downs' Barn 44 since 1989 and has conditioned an astounding 26 Eclipse Aw
09/27/2015
Valid Scores Game Victory in Groomstick Stakes
In crossing the wire a neck in front of Falling Sky while covering seven furlongs in 1:22.87, the 5-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro notched his second straight victory and second overall at Gulfstream Park, having captured the Philip Iselin (G3) at Monmout
09/27/2015
FRONTRUNNER STAKES QUOTES
“It was good to have an exciting finish to make the race exciting. Nyquist, he likes to fight. In his first race, we went head-to-head with a horse of Peter Miller’s. Nyquist doesn’t like anybody to pass him and that’s a good thing. He has a good mentalit
09/27/2015
ZENYATTA STAKES QUOTES
“She’s by far the most intelligent animal I’ve ever been around and when I say animal I’m not just talking about horses, she’s so intelligent. She knows what her job is and she enjoys it; she literally loves what she’s doing. She has a great cardiovascula