Stakes Advance

Kentucky Derby 150 hero Mystik Dan will square off against Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show in next Saturday’s 12th running of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II), the marquee event of the Churchill Downs September Meet.
The 1 1/8-mile Lukas Classic...

Gabriel Dulgnan’s multiple Grade III winner Echo Sound will attempt to rebound from her disappointing effort as the beaten favorite in last month’s Test Stakes (GI) when she faces seven fellow 3-year-old filles entered in next Saturday’s 50th running...

The Road to Kentucky Derby 152 will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs where Joseph Sutton’s Ellis Park Juvenile winner Comport headlines a field of 10 aspiring 2-year-olds entered in the 44th running of the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III).
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FMQ Stables’ Grade I winner Saudi Crown is set to face an accomplished field of eight horses that entered next Sunday’s 72nd running of the $300,000 Hanshin presented by JRA (Listed), one of five stakes contests on closing day of the 43-day Spring...

Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) winner Sierra Leone will square off against Kentucky Derby 150 champion Mystik Dan, Dubai World Cup (GI) hero Hit Show and Grade I-winning sprinter Mindframe in a showdown of North America’s top older horses in next...

Grade I winner Vahva is back at Churchill Downs to attempt a repeat in the 35th running of the $300,000 Chicago Stakes (GII), the centerpiece of next Saturday night’s Downs After Dark card.
The seven-furlong contest, featuring a competitive field of...

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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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...

Welch Racing’s speedy 4-year-old colt Epic Ride is set to try turf for the first time in his 13-race career when he faces nine rivals in next Saturday’s ninth running of the $225,000 Mighty Beau Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
The five-furlong...

Three Diamonds Farm’s Pin Up Betty, winner of last year’s Regret Stakes (Grade III), will face a competitive cast of 11 fillies and mares in next Sunday’s 49th running of the $250,000 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
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