Stakes Recap

Gold Square, the ownership group behind multiple Grade I winner and 2022 Kentucky Derby (Grade I) contender Cyberknife, is back on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with Filoso, who is set to tackle Saturday’s $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) at Churchill...

Loved grabbed the lead from Musical Mischief at the top of the stretch and opened a commanding lead to hold off 8-5 favorite Tarifa and easily win Thursday’s 109th running of the $400,000 Falls City (Grade III) by 3 ¾ lengths as Godolphin-owned and...

Julien Leparoux, a veteran leader in the Churchill Downs jockey colony and two-time Eclipse Award winner, reached an extraordinary milestone Thursday with his 3,000th career win aboard Pike Place in Race 3.
Leparoux, 41, has been a constant presence in...

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen is poised to close out the Churchill Downs Fall Meet in dominant fashion with 26 horses entered over the final four days of racing, highlighted by Red Route One in the $600,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade...

Trainer Brad Cox has stacked the entry box for the final week of Churchill Downs’ 2024 Fall Meet with 16 horses entered from Thursday through Sunday, including the top two choices in Friday’s $600,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade...

Ack Ack Stakes (Grade III) winner Three Technique will aim to regain his top form after a disappointing effort in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (Grade I) as he faces 10 rivals, including Perryville Stakes winner Brunacini, in next Sunday’s inaugural...

Rigney Racing LLC’s 3-year-old filly Two Sharp collected the first stakes win of her brief career with a jaw-dropping gate-to-wire romp over seven older fillies and mares in Saturday’s 39th running of the $297,500 Chilukki (Grade III) at Churchill...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues next Saturday at Churchill Downs, where Rigney Racing’s Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) winner Jonathan’s Way headlines a competitive field of 10 2-year-olds entered in the 98th running of the $400,000 Kentucky...

Wathnan Racing’s multiple graded stakes winner Hit Show headlines a field of 10 older horses entered in Friday’s 150th running of the $600,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade II), the premier race of the Churchill Downs Fall Meet.
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Wathnan Racing’s Musical Mischief, a standout 3 ¼-length upset winner two months ago in the Fasig-Tipton Locust Grove Stakes (Grade II), will face a strong field of fillies and mares entered in the 109th running of the $400,000 Falls City Stakes (Grade...