Current Tag: Churchill Downs
Twilight Highlights at Churchill Downs
POSTED: June 11, 2025
Renee Torbit/Coady Media Stakes Action, Twilight Racing, Special Events Highlight Busy Week Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky – A full week of racing continues at Churchill Downs with...
Kilwin Deft Dirt Debut in Leslie’s Lady
POSTED: June 8, 2025
Kilwin. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kilwin, owned by Ann Braxton Lynch’s BBN Racing LLC, surged past 7-5 favorite Vodka With a Twist inside the final...
East Avenue Wires Grade III, Matt Winn
POSTED: June 8, 2025
East Avenue. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – East Avenue led every step of the way and turned back late challenges from Burnham Square and Coal Battle to...
Joe Shiesty Speedy In Mighty Beau
POSTED: June 7, 2025
Joe Shiesty (inside). (Lillian Paulson/Coady Media) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In his 4-year-old debut, Joe Shiesty shot to the front out of the gate and...
Pin Up Betty Wakes Up Charlene’s Dream
POSTED: June 1, 2025
Pin Up Betty running down Charlene’s Dream. (Lillian Paulson/Coady Media) The Grade 3, Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Pin Up Betty,...
Final Gambit Faces Familiar Foes In Matt Winn
POSTED: June 1, 2025
Final Gambit in a Churchill Downs work. (Renee Torbit/Coady Media) G3W Eclatant leads seven 3yo fillies in $175K Leslie’s Lady Mystik Dan earns career best...
World Beater Late Surge Score in Audubon
POSTED: May 31, 2025
World Beater (outside) makes his move). (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Eclipses Stakes Record Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – World Beater, owned by Jim and Dana Bernhard’s Pin Oak...
Fionn Rallies From Last for G3 Regret
POSTED: May 31, 2025
Fionn. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – George Messina and Michael Lee’s Fionn launched an impressive last-to-first rally to collar Totally Justified in the final 50...
Mercante Thrilling In G3 Arlington
POSTED: May 31, 2025
Mercante (red cap). (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Carl Pollard’s homebred Mercante, runner-up in the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (Grade...
