The latest 2024 Kentucky Derby odds have Fierceness, the No. 17 horse, as anywhere from a 2-1 to 7-2 favorite. Fierceness is one of our Kentucky Derby expert picks for the best bet to win the 150th Kentucky Derby.
Two of Bob Baffert’s Preakness Stakes (G1) candidates, Muth and Imagination, worked six furlongs in company Saturday at Santa Anita. Also working was Grade 1 winner Tamara, who is on the comeback trail for trainer Richard Mandella.
Trainer Chad Brown's dominance of the North American turf ranks continued Saturday in the Grade 2 $665,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes, saddling the top three finishers, led by Chili Flag.
Alva Starr may have beaten Vahva last out in the G1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland, but that was Vahva's first start off a six-month layoff. Fast-forward four weeks to Kentucky Derby day, and the 4-year-old daughter of Gun Runner was able to turn the tables on that rival in the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff at Churchill Downs.
Cogburn pressed outside of pacesetter Coppola to the top of the stretch, then willingly shook off that rival to lead at the three-sixteenths pole and drew clear to win the $600,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (G2) Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Skies were gray with showers on and off throughout Friday, but the crowd and racing connections at Churchill Downs didn't let it stop them from enjoying the 2024 Kentucky Oaks View the 19 images of this gallery on the original article
Churchill Downs Inc. announced a new Kentucky Oaks Day handle record at Churchill Downs racetrack as Thorpedo Anna captured the Lilies in the 150th running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
- The Kentucky Derby will remain on NBC through 2032 after the network and Churchill Downs Inc. extended their contract through 2032, announcing it hours before the running of the 150th race on Saturday.
NBC Sports will continue to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032, as Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) and NBC Sports have announced a multi-year extension of their partnership.
Michael McMillan’s Where’s My Ring was back in her stall at Barn 30 Saturday morning just a bit worse for the wear following her 10th-place finish in Friday’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
The morning after winning the 150th Kentucky Oaks with Thorpedo Anna, trainer Kenny McPeek pulled up at his barn around 7:30 a.m., looking refreshed despite a short Friday night of sleep.
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Brian Hernandez Jr., Thorpedo Anna, winner: “I felt confident. She was out there and feeling comfortable. It means so much to win it for this team. Kenny (McPeek) and his barn have done a lot for my career.” Junior Alvarado, Just F Y I, runner-up: “She ran a great race.
Kenny McPeek, Thorpedo Anna, winner: “She was a bear today. She has been training great and when I saw Brian (Hernandez) had the race in control I thought she could do it.
Thorpedo Anna had never run on a sloppy track, but the 3-year-old filly is named for co-owner Mark Edwards' granddaughter, competitive swimmer Anna Thorpe, and it turned out to be a winning hunch play in this year's $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks. "That was insane," the filly's namesake said outside the winner's circle.
The Rick Dutrow, Jr.-trained Messier scored a redemptive victory to give jockey Jose Gomez his first career graded stakes victory in Friday's Grade 3, $175,000 Westchester, a one-turn mile for older horses, at Belmont at the Big A meet at Aqueduct in South Ozone Park, N.Y.
Saturday’s card at Belmont at the Big A will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $35,817 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Friday’s nine-race program at Aqueduct in South Ozone Park, N.Y..
Considering his success on the grass and with fillies in particular, you would be hard-pressed to find a graded stakes in that category east of the Mississippi that trainer Chad Brown has not won.
After running the worst race of her life in the Grade 2 Fantasy Stakes, My Mane Squeeze scaled back in distance to massive success on Friday in the Grade 2 Eight Belles Stakes at Churchill Downs.
TEC Racing’s Fast as Flight collared longtime leader Heavenly Sunday at the sixteenth pole and went on to post a one-length victory over Sparkle Blue in the 67th running of the $386,334 Grade 3 Modesty for fillies and mares Friday afternoon.
Klaravich Stables’ Royalty Interest led gate-to-wire to win her first graded stakes attempt in Friday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Sheepshead Bay, for older fillies and mares going 1 3/8 miles over the inner turf, at Belmont at the Big A.
First Mission may have disappointed earlier this year in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup but on May 3, he validated his connections' faith that that earlier race was just a fluke.
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