Favored at 4-5 in a field of seven, Onus ($3.60) finished up in 1:39.87 to break the Fort Marcy Turf Course record of 1:40.33 set by Doryphar on Aug. 18, 2007. She is now 4-0 lifetime at Laurel, all with jockey Forest Boyce aboard. “She’s wonderful. She a
Da Big Hoss stayed to the inside through the early running, setting well off the early fractions of :51.87 for a half-mile and 1:43.50 for a mile, set by 60-1 longshot Rum Tum Tugger. At the five-sixteenths pole, which comes up just before a sharp turn in
John Velazquez, winning jockey aboard Comfort (No. 1): "He broke good enough and I tried to keep it at close as I can. The dirt started hitting him and he started backing up, and I said 'this is no time to back up, you got to keep going forward.' I was fi
The track’s handle and attendance numbers were again the tops of any meet in California and – in a run that stretches back decades – among the top figures of any race meeting in America. Further, one of its key indicators -- field size – closed strongly t
It was the first win of the year for the 5-year-old Tapit gelding, who was second by a neck in the Grade 2 Dixie on May 21 at Pimlico before finishing sixth in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap last out on August 20. Take the Stand set early fractions of
The seven-furlong Hopeful took a dramatic twist at the start, when 6-5 favorite Classic Empire appeared to veer out, losing jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. and leaving Royal Copy and Pretty Boy Flash to duke it out on the lead through an opening quarter-mile in 23
“It was a beautiful day of racing,” said Kentucky Downs president Corey Johnsen. “We had a great crowd on track. They had a really good time, and I’m looking forward to the next four days. “It’s gratifying to see the horseplayers respond to quality racing
Jockey Javier Castellano tipped the Ontario-bred Ghostzapper colt out on the far turn, moving alongside Frosted as the field turned for home. Approaching the eighth pole, Shaman Ghost was guided back to the inside and duked it out between horses to win by
Heading the lineup for the 112th running of the closing-day feature are Joseph Sutton's undefeated Bitumen and John C. Oxley's Classic Empire, who are already graded stakes winners. Their mettle will be tested by flashy-looking prospects Practical Joke an
The 2-year-old maiden races, carrying purses of $130,000 for Kentucky-breds, figured to be popular — and sure were. A total of 49 two-year-old fillies were entered for the 6 1/2-furlong race. In addition to the 12 in the body of the race, there are four h
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