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Sovereignty King of Kentucky Derby 151

POSTED: May 3, 2025

Sovereignty and Junior Alvarado win the Run for the Roses (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Godolphin’s homebred Sovereignty outdueled favored...

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Mindframe Thrills in G1 Churchill Downs

POSTED: May 3, 2025

Mindframe and Irad Ortiz battle for victory in G1 Churchill Downs (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Repole Stable and St....

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Good Cheer Emphatically Perfect in G1 Kentucky Oaks

POSTED: May 2, 2025

Good Cheer bided her time and then plodded through the slop for the victory. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire)  Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Godolphin’s homebred Good...

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Patience the Key After Delay for Queen Maxima

POSTED: May 2, 2025

Queen Maxima was patient for both the start and the pace in the G3 Unbridled Sidney. (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Maribeth Kalinich As severe storms...

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Look Forward Patient Persistence in G2 Eight Belles

POSTED: May 2, 2025

Look Forward charges to the finish. (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Reddam Racing’s Look Forward, who broke a step slow...

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Raging Sea Rocks the Boat in G1 La Troienne

POSTED: May 2, 2025

Raging Sea left them in her wake in La Troienne (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alpha Delta Stables’ homebred Raging...

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Fierceness Sets Track Record in G2 Alysheba

POSTED: May 2, 2025

Fierceness back in style in the Alysheba (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Repole Stable, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smithand Michael...

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She Feels Pretty Much the Best in G3 Modesty

POSTED: May 2, 2025

She Feels Pretty struts her stuff in the Modesty (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lael Stables’ She Feels Pretty, who...

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Nitrogen Explodes in G2 Edgewood

POSTED: May 2, 2025

Nitrogenkicks clear of her competition in the Edgewood (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — D. J. Stable’s homebred Nitrogen continued to...

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