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Rosie Napravnik is first female jockey to win Kentucky Oaks as Believe You Can prevails
Brereton Jones’ homebred Believe You Can wore down pace-setting Broadway’s Alibi inside the eighth pole and drew off to win the 138th running of the $1 million Kentucky Oaks by three-quarters of a length before a crowd of 112,552 on …
Robert Treadway: Derby Day is ‘National Kentucky Day,’ why the Derby’s important
I didn’t watch a single game of the NCAA basketball tournament, despite Kentucky’s apparently important role in it. Nor did I watch the Superbowl, nor will I watch this year’s World Series. Ditto the Stanley Cup, and the Rose Bowl, …
Billy Reed: Ol’ curmudgeon says Derby was sublime, now ridiculous; Ky deserves better
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On Thursday morning the backstretch at Churchill Downs was jammed with the usual suspects, some of whom were actually horse trainers trying to do their work. They were hard to find, though, amid the sea of humanity …
Darby Dan owner John Phillips appointed
to Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
Governor Steve Beshear today announced the appointment of Lexington horseman John Phillips to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Phillips is the owner of Darby Dan Farms in Lexington. “John is a third-generation horseman who understands and is committed to …
Post positions drawn for 138th Ky Derby, a field of 20 horses will Run for the Roses
Staff Report A field of 20 horses will contend for the 138th Kentucky Derby Saturday. Drawing for post positions on Wednesday at the Kentucky Derby Museum determined where the horses would come out of the gate: 1. Daddy …
Robert Treadway: Disputed 1933 Ky. Derby came to a ‘fighting finish’ – between jockeys
You’ve seen dozens of photographs from Kentucky Derbies, and you see the patterns. You’ve got photos of winning horses draped in roses, you’ve got photos of horses charging down the homestretch, you’ve got group portraits of the jockeys, you’ve got …
Celebrate Oaks and Derby with Keeneland
Whether you prefer a picnic style experience In the Keeneland Paddock or a hip cocktail party in the Clubhouse, Keeneland is the place to be Oaks and Derby weekend, May 4-5. Watch live coverage of Churchill Downs on more …
Chefs will bring international flair
to this year’s Taste of Derby party
The Kentucky Derby party continues to heat up as 19 top international chefs announce their menu offerings and wine pairings for the third annual Taste of Derby – the Official Kentucky Derby Party of Churchill Downs. At this celebration …
Road to the Derby: The moment we’ve
all been waiting for has finally arrived!
By Seth Kochera KyForward contibutor It is finally time for the moment we’ve all been waiting for, the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (Grade 1). This year brings about an extremely wide open …
Team Valor funds scholarship in memory of famed African-American jockey Isaac Murphy
The Race for Education is pleased to announce Ms. Brittani Koons of Gahanna, Ohio, as the first recipient of the Isaac Murphy Scholarship. This college scholarship is sponsored jointly by Team Valor International Racing and the stables owners, Barry and …
Rolex Three-Day Event draws big crowd,
ends with top prize to two-time champ
On Parklane Hawk, William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain (45.3 penalties) won the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event for the second time in three years. His prizes include the signature Rolex watch and $80,000 in prize money. Held over the weekend …
Three Chimneys Farm announces passing of legendary sire, “curmudgeon” Dynaformer
One of the thoroughbred racing’s premier stallions, Dynaformer, has passed away at the age of 27 at Robert and Blythe Clay’s Three Chimneys Farm. The stallion had been pensioned after suffering an aortic a valve rupture the afternoon of Saturday, …
Keeneland’s final meet under Nick Nicholson posts several attendance, wagering records
Keeneland’s 2012 spring race meeting proved to be an enormously successful finale for President Nick Nicholson, posting several records for attendance and wagering and boasting field sizes that are among the largest in the country. More importantly, it also marked …
Point of Entry finds the way, takes $150,000 Elkhorn S. on Keeneland’s final spring card
Point of Entry, who won a 1½-mile allowance race on the Keeneland turf course on April 12, proved his liking for the distance and the surface when he won the 27th running of the $150,000 Elkhorn (G2) before a crowd …
American Horse Council reports child labor
rule for work on farms will be withdrawn
From Kentucky Horse Council The Obama Administration has announced its plans to withdraw a Department of Labor (DOL) proposed child labor rule applicable to agriculture. The proposed rule would have severely limited the ability of young people to work …
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