Current Tag: Churchill Downs
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...
Durante Upsets in G3 Aristides
POSTED: May 31, 2025
Durante. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Longshot Durante, owned and trained by David Jacobson, took advantage of a torrid early pace set by Skelly and World Record and...
Royal Spa Powerful Punch in G3 Shawnee
POSTED: May 31, 2025
Royal Spa. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Royal Spa, owned and bred by Rhonda O’Rourke’s Breffni Farm, displayed a powerful closing punch to outkick Gin...
He’s Back! Mystik Dan Scores the G3 Blame
POSTED: May 31, 2025
Mystik Dan. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan returns to the winner’s circle with ‘Cut The Corner’ score in Grade III, $270,000 Blame...
