Current Tag: Kentucky Downs
Skychai Racing hopes Jolting Joe Knocks it out of the park in the Gun Runner DG
POSTED: September 8, 2020
Jolting Joe, with Tyler Gaffalione up, won a $100,000 New York stallion stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 6. Coglianese Photography — Louisville-based Skychai Racing is...
Kentucky Downs comes at great time for Sharp
POSTED: September 8, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020) — The RUNHAPPY Meet at Kentucky Downs couldn’t come soon enough for Joe Sharp, and many others as well....
2020 Runhappy Kentucky Downs Meet at A Glance
POSTED: September 5, 2020
What: America’s most unique race meet, featuring all-turf racing over the country’s only European-style course, with its kidney-shaped 1 5/16-mile circumference, elevation changes, a right-hand...
Maker takes it easy on Kentucky Downs' opening day, enters 'only' 10 horses with Parlor, Hembree in Tourist Mile
POSTED: September 2, 2020
Zulu Alpha won last year's $1 million Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup. Coady Photography FRANKLIN, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020) — Trainer Mike Maker told...
Kentucky Downs enabling horse owners to donate to Grayson, PDJF through their horsemen's account
POSTED: August 31, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) — Owners racing horses at Kentucky Downs compete for some of the most lucrative purses in the world, and the...
Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup: Zulu Alpha, Arklow meet again
POSTED: August 30, 2020
Donegal Racing's Arklow- Kentucky Downs/Reed Palmer Photography FRANKLIN, Ky. (Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020) — Grade 1 winners Zulu Alpha and Arklow, the past two winners...
Nominations for Kentucky Downs' first seven stakes of meet
POSTED: August 28, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Friday, Aug. 28, 2020) — California-based trainer Richard Mandella expects to run horses at Kentucky Downs for the first time in his Hall...
Irad Ortiz, Smith to ride at Kentucky Downs for first time; NY, CA jockeys swarming to all-turf meet
POSTED: August 27, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Thursday, July 27, 2020) — Kentucky Downs’ deep jockey colony is getting even deeper for the six-date run of all-grass racing that offers among...
Tobys Heart doesn’t skip a beat in Bolton Landing win at Saratoga
POSTED: August 20, 2020
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Brian Lynch said last week that he was excited to see if Tobys Heart could build on her impressive debut...
