The Kentucky Derby has its first scratch of the week. Brad Cox’s Encino has been scratched from the 150th Run for the Roses.
Trainer Karl Burke admits an English Classic victory would be “lovely to have on your CV” and heads to Newmarket this weekend with his best chances yet in the first two Classics of the season – the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas (Saturday, May 4) and QIPCO 1,000 Guineas (Sunday, May 5).
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 19th Annual Homecoming Event on Sunday, May 5th, noon to 4 p.m. The event features a live and silent auction of artwork, prints, and racing memorabilia, and includes several premiere collectible stallion halters that are now open for absentee bidding.
The Real Rider Cup, a charity show jumping event featuring members of the racing industry competing on off-track Thoroughbreds, announced today the 2024 dates for two competition legs in the heart of the Thoroughbred industries in Kentucky and Maryland.
New research suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) found in blood and synovial fluid may be able to be used as biomarkers to evaluate joint health, reports Equine Science Update.
Similar to humans, horses may relax more readily when listening to sounds of nature like chirping birds, running water or blowing leaves on trees. This is of particular importance for stalled horses, who often paw, kick, weave or crib as a way to show their frustration with being confined, reports The Horse.
Encino won't run in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, trainer Brad Cox announced on Tuesday.
Undefeated Japanese runners Forever Young (JPN) and T O Password (JPN) put the finishing touches on their major preparation for Saturday’s $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) by working over a Churchill Downs main track rated as good Tuesday morning.
The road to the Kentucky Derby is rarely typical for any horse, but the road from it can take a horse anywhere in the world – even to Notrees, Texas. Suddenbreakingnews brought the Southwest to Louisville, Ky., on his way to the 2016 Derby, racing as a 2-year-old at Remington Park for his owner, Texas rancher and oilman Sam F.
Trainer Brad Cox told Churchill Downs' publicity team on Tuesday that his Grade 3 Lexington Stakes winner Encino will not run in the Kentucky Derby. The defection allows the first also-eligible, Epic Ride, to draw into the field.
Post position, like age, is just a number. This year marks the 150th Kentucky Derby but only the 95th time a starting gate will be used. The winningest post position in the 94 Derbies since 1930, when a starting gate was first employed, is post five, with 10 victories.
Modern day training great Aidan O’Brien has today been confirmed as the latest inductee into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame, the official
“We’re planting that proverbial tree for the next generation to sit in the shade.” That’s how Marc Guilfoil described why the work he does as HISA’s Director of Stewarding and State Racing Commission Relations is important to the future of horse racing.
Each day leading up to the Kentucky Derby, we’ll take a look at the pedigrees of some contenders, and how those pedigrees might factor into their ability to succeed at the 1 ¼-mile Derby distance.
Running in either the Kentucky Derby or the Queen's Plate - known today as the King's Plate - is a monumental achievement that signifies a horse's place among the top 3-year-olds of his class in the U.S.
Bob Baffert won't have a horse in the race at the 150th Kentucky Derby, but he is vying to enter two into the Preakness Stakes. The Hall of Fame trainer is likely to have Imagination alongside Muth in the second leg of the Triple Crown, Imagination's co-owner Jack Wolf told BloodHorse.com on Monday.
NBC Sports presents coverage of the milestone 150th Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock this Saturday, May 4, at 2:30 p.m. ET live from iconic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
Two-year-old colt Mensa sold for $740,000 on April 29 in the one-horse Mensa Flash Sale, setting a record for the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform. Offered by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for D.J.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—who remains barred by Churchill Downs from racing there, notably in the Kentucky Derby (G1)—looks poised to run a pair of 3-year-olds in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.
It is almost time for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. The massive milestone edition will commence on Saturday, May 4.
Led by group stakes winners Hawaiian Love (ARG) and Super Bijou (ARG), a field of 16 fillies and mares has been entered for the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Criadores (G1) on dirt May 1 at Hipodromo de Palermo.
Dynamic One, a Grade 2 winner who competed in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, was purchased privately by Phipps Stable after Friday's Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, and he was retired to begin training for his next career at New Vocations.
As the Aqueduct Spring Meet closed on Sunday, New York’s TAKE THE LEAD Program was busy finding transportation for its two most recent retirees – the 3-year-old filly Snarky heads to New Vocations, while the 6-year-old gelding Tuesday's Child will ship to ReRun.
Kentucky Derby Week is officially here and most horses running in the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) and $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) had all their major training sessions complete minus a few gallop days until their respective races.
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