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West Point Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky-bred Counting Stars turned the tables on familiar foe Always a Runner with an emphatic 3 3/4-length score in the $500,000 Acorn Stakes (G1). Trained by dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse and piloted by Irad Ortiz, Jr., Counting Stars exited a third-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 1… Read more

The $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1), the final jewel in racing’s Triple Crown, is set to be run for a third and final time at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo and runner-up Renegade taking center stage amidst a field of nine Kentucky-bred sophomores. The 158th running of the Belmont… Read more

Kentucky-bred Formidable Man returned from a nearly seven-month layoff and won the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Santa Anita on May 25. Owned by William and Suzanne Warren and trained by Michael McCarthy, Formidable Man is now a three-time Grade 1 winner. “He’s just a genuine racehorse,” McCarthy said. “I said earlier if he was… Read more

Kentucky-bred Thought Process became a newly minted Grade 1 winner on May 25 at Santa Anita, rolling to a 2 ¾-length win in the $300,000 Gamely Stakes (G1) at 1 1/8 miles on the turf. With Hector Berrios aboard, Thought Process enjoyed an ideal trip, stalking pacesetter Rashmi early. Entering the stretch, Thought Process ranged… Read more

fter bypassing the Kentucky Derby (G1), Gold Square LLC’s Kentucky-bred Napoleon Solo proved clearly best in the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park on Saturday, May 16. Napoleon Solo, who had faded to fifth in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park and Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct at 1 1/8 miles,… Read more

Amerman Racing Stables’ Kentucky homebred Stark Contrast blew past Honey Dutch at the eighth pole and then held off a late bid from Remember Mamba by 2 ¼ lengths to win the $1 million American Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs. Trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by Flavien Prat, Stark Contrast completed the mile and a sixteenth over a firm Matt Winn Turf Course in… Read more

Flying Dutchmen’s Kentucky-bred Shred the Gnar held off a bid from favored Fully Subscribed by a length to win the 41st running of the $1 million La Troienne Stakes (G1). Trained by Brian Lynch and ridden by Luis Saez, Shred the Gnar completed the 1 1/16 miles on a fast main track in 1:42.24. Miss… Read more

Tomoya Ozasa’s Kentucky-bred T O Elvis exploded from mid-pack to defeat a field of top sprinters with a 3 ¼-length victory over Disruptor in the $1 million Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). Trained by Daisuke Takayanagi and ridden by Ryusei Sakai, T O Elvis completed the seven furlongs over a fast main track in a stakes-record… Read more

Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Kentucky-bred Golden Tempo rallied from far back to pass Renegade in the final yards to win by a neck in the 152nd running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs to make Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner. DeVaux became the 19th female trainer to start a runner in… Read more

Douglas Scharbauer and Three Chimneys Farm’s Kentucky-bred Always a Runner surged past Meaning and Explora at the sixteenth pole and pulled away to a 1 ¼-length victory in the 152nd running of the $1,500,000 Kentucky Oaks (G1) Friday evening at Churchill Downs. Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Jose Ortiz, Always a Runner remained undefeated in three… Read more