“She’ll go back to Payson and we’ll see how she’s training and go from there. There are two or three stakes at Gulfstream that she’ll be nominated to and we’ll just see how she’s doing.” Jockey Jose Lezcano (Lady Lara): “I had a very good trip. I broke go
“Everything went good. He broke good and had a good trip. That’s my theory, I tell you guys every time. Trip, trip, trip. Everything went his way today. I just didn’t want him getting in a lot of trouble. Horses start slipping and sliding, you know how tu
Leading the Artie Schiller is the hard-knocking New York-bred Lubash, who goes out for trainer Christophe Clement and Aliyu Ben J Stables. Lubash, a winner of 15 of 42 turf starts, is coming off a hard fought win over longtime rival Kharafa in the Mohawk
“We’ve taken our time with him,” Sharp said. “He’s a big horse and we haven’t been in a hurry to get him there. I think he’ll ultimately be a two-turn horse and he’s pretty special. I’ve been on him and so has Rosie in the mornings, but anyone can ride hi
Castellano, 38, who on Nov. 15 broke the single-season earnings record he first set at Gulfstream in December 2013, is named to ride Sandiva in the $100,000 My Charmer (G3) and All Included in the $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap (G3). In between the stake
Button Down (GB) rallied late to finish a half-length behind Strut the Course over yielding turf in the 1 1/8-mile Canadian Stakes on Sept 13. Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia has installed the daughter of Oasis Dream (GB) as the 7-2 morning line
In June, the 4-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon won Churchill Downs’ Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap (GIII) which gave trainer Dave Vance his first graded stakes triumph since My Trusty Cat won the 2005 Humana Distaff (GI). “It feels good to have a nice
Talented journeymen who did not base themselves at the Fair Grounds last year, but are looking to do so this season include Shaun Bridgmohan, Manny Esquivel, Leandro Goncalves, Colby Hernandez, Israel Ocampo, Jose Valdivia Jr., Jerome Lermyte and Jesus Ca
The 1 1/8-mile Clark, which will be contested at Churchill Downs for the 141st time on “Black Friday,” Nov. 27, annually lures some of the top 3-year-olds and up in the country and is the centerpiece of seven stakes events cumulatively worth $1.38 million
Gentlemen’s Bet ($12), who was steadied by Centeno in the backstretch, recovered to finish second behind Trouble Kid, the 5-2 third choice ridden by Joshua Navarro. Palace, the 3-2 favorite ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, finished another 1 ¾ lengths back i
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