Kentucky Derby News

Churchill Downs Update: Grade III Winner Mo Stash Headlines $225,000 Mighty Beau; Honor Marie Breezes for Belmont Stakes

Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Grade I winner Tapit Trice is set to make his first start in nine months as he tackles a talented field of older horses entered in Saturday’s fifth running of the $275,000 Blame Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
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Churchill Downs Update: Cox Hopes Highland Falls Can Take Step Forward as 5-2 Morning Line Choice in Saturday's $275,000 Blame (Grade III)

Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and Jarret Prussin’s speedy Clearly Unhinged scored her first graded stakes victory Monday, cruising to a 1 ½-length score in the 21st running of the $248,750 Winning Colors (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
 
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Trainer Steve Margolis has been a fixture on the Churchill Downs backstretch for more than two decades. Despite his string of 40-50 horses shrinking to just six this year, Margolis remains determined to rebuild his stable back to the numbers it once was.
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Churchill Downs Stakes Advance and Update: Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Heavenly Sunday Takes On Defending Champion Henrietta Topham in Sunday's Grade III, $250,000 Old

West Point Thoroughbreds, Christophe Clement and Winters Equine’s Atomic Blonde (GER) surged late to get by heavy favorite Chop Chop and win Saturday’s 11th running of the $234,500 Keertana Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
 
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GRADE I WINNER TAPIT TRICE SET FOR 4-YEAR-OLD DEBUT IN $275,000 BLAME STAKES – Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s highly-regarded 4-year-old colt Tapit Trice, the winner of the 2023 Blue Grass (Grade I) and seventh-place finisher of the Kentucky...

Churchill Downs Update: 'Cookin' Wit Cat' - Catalano Shares Barbecue Tips Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend

Churchill Downs Update: Doyle Returns to Riding at Churchill Downs for First Time Since Becoming a Mom