Kentucky Derby News

East Avenue led every step of the way and turned back late challenges from Burnham Square and Coal Battle to win Sunday’s 28th running of the $387,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by a half-length.
 
East Avenue bounced back...

Godolphin’s undefeated 2024 Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Immersive finalized her major preparation before Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes with a solid half-mile move in :49.20 Sunday morning at Churchill Downs.
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Bettors have a lucrative $241,646 carryover for Sunday’s 50-cent Late Pick 5 at Churchill Downs because there were no winners in Saturday’s Late Pick 5 sequence.
 
The first of nine races Sunday is 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern). The 50-cent...

In his 4-year-old debut, Joe Shiesty shot to the front out of the gate and had enough left to withstand a late surge from favored Arrest Me Red to win Saturday’s ninth running of the $224,670 Mighty Beau Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs by a neck.
 
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Godolphin’s undefeated 2024 Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Immersive is set to make her 3-year-old debut next Saturday at Churchill Downs when she faces five rivals entered in the fourth running of the $175,000 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes.
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Whitham Thoroughbreds’ Burnham Square, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes (Grade I) in early April, will return to action Sunday in the $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs, looking to rebound from a tough trip in Kentucky Derby 151.
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Juddmonte’s Final Gambit, a late-closing fourth-place finisher in Kentucky Derby 151, will get another opportunity to earn a victory at Churchill Downs as the 5-2 morning line favorite in Sunday’s $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade III).
“He came...

Norman Stables’ Coal Battle will look to rebound from a rough 11th-place finish in the $5 million Kentucky Derby (Grade I) when he returns in Sunday’s $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs – a race trainer Lonnie Briley hopes will...

Pin Up Betty, owned and bred by Kirk Wycoff’s Three Diamonds Farm, collared pacesetter Charlene’s Dream with a furlong to run and drew off for a 1 ½-length victory in Sunday’s 49th running of the $237,000 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes (Grade III)...

Kentucky Derby (Grade I) fourth-place finisher Final Gambit is set to take on a field of seven 3-year-olds, including fellow Derby alumni Burnham Square, East Avenue, Chunk of Gold and Coal Battle, in next Sunday’s 28th running of the $400,000 Matt...