Current Tag: Kentucky
King Fury Bests the Favorite In Street Sense Stakes By A Half Length
POSTED: October 25, 2020
King Fury, named after superstar boxer Tyson Fury, collared odds-on 4-5 favorite Super Stock inside the final furlong and grinded his way to a half-length...
Breeders' Cup Festival Announces Plans for Week of Breeders' Cup World Championships
POSTED: October 23, 2020
Befitting a city that is the "Horse Capital of the World", the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland will be a unique and exciting...
Kentucky Downs Approved for Six Day Meet to Run Through Labor Day
POSTED: October 20, 2020
Imprimis prevailed in a three-horse dash to the wire in the $700,000, Grade 3 RUNHAPPY Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs last month. Coady Photography FRANKLIN,...
The Jockey Club Releases 2019 Breeding Statistics
POSTED: October 6, 2020
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Jockey Club reported that 1,552 stallions covered 31,198 mares in North America during 2019, according to statistics compiled through Sept. 29,...
Kentucky Oak's winning Jockey Florent Geroux on top of the standings as Churchill meet resumes
POSTED: September 17, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It was a monumental Kentucky Derby week for jockey Florent Geroux whose seven victories, including four graded stakes wins, vaulted him to...
Talamo wins first riding title on his new Kentucky circuit
POSTED: August 30, 2020
Joe Talamo was one of the leading riders in California when he relocated this winter to embark on a Midwest composed of Arkansas’ Oaklawn Park...
Calls To Boycott Kentucky Derby Picking Up Steam
POSTED: July 21, 2020
Several organizations are calling for fans and companies to boycott the Kentucky Derby in the wake of Breonna Taylor's death, as the investigation continues. The...
Blue Grass hero Art Collector to Ellis Park Derby
POSTED: July 21, 2020
HENDERSON, Ky. (Tuesday, July 21, 2020) — Bruce Lunsford’s 3-year-old colt Art Collector, winner of Keeneland’s Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes in his last...
Morticia, English Affair target Kentucky Downs Preview Day
POSTED: July 16, 2020
With New York making its riders race only at Saratoga, Julien Leparoux has picked up the mount on the classy turf sprinter Morticia in the...
