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146th Derby Champ Authentic perky & well, pointed to Preakness Oct. 3
POSTED: September 6, 2020
Update on Derby runners and where they will head next LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It wasn’t the usual morning-after scene around Barn 33 on Sunday as...
Owners of Authentic to discuss win in Kentucky Derby 146
POSTED: September 6, 2020
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Representatives from Spendthrift Farm, the majority owners and future home of Kentucky Derby-G1 winner Authentic, and MyRacehorse, the revolutionary ownership group that...
Authentic gives Bob Baffert another one, Into Mischief sires his first Kentucky Derby Winner
POSTED: September 5, 2020
In a race that is normally run on the first Saturday in May, this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Kentucky Derby was pushed back...
She dared the competition: Shedaresthedevil sets record in Kentucky Oaks Victory
POSTED: September 4, 2020
In a very unusual year, a Kentucky Oaks that began with soft fractions would end up the fastest Oaks in its 146 year history. Setting...
Kentucky Oaks Update: Fillies Gallop in Wet Conditions
POSTED: September 2, 2020
Gamine Schooling in the paddock while Bob Baffert looks on Wednesday morning proved to be a wet one at Churchill Downs, several of the Kentucky...
Swiss Skydiver stretches legs this a.m. ahead of the Kentucky Oaks
POSTED: September 1, 2020
Trainer Kenny McPeek sent Peter J.Callahan’s multiple graded stakes winner Swiss Skydiver to the track for her regular morning exercise designed to keep her happy...
Covid-19 an unexpected benefit for Thousand Words
POSTED: August 31, 2020
THOUSAND WORDS–Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words was slated to arrive in Louisville along with his Bob Baffert-trained stablemates around 3 p.m. While...
Posts positions drawn for Kentucky Oaks, Gamine (post 5) and Swiss Skydiver (post 1) top field
POSTED: August 31, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Robert Lund Petersen’s brilliant two-time Grade I winner Gamine and Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver, winner of the Alabama (GI) in her most...
An Unconventional Road to the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby
POSTED: August 31, 2020
Interestingly enough, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted most sports more than it did horse racing, at least in the United States. Sure we felt it, and...
