Eight of the nine entrants in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 10, are Kentucky-breds, led by Preakness S. (G1) winner National Treasure and Grade 1 winners Forte and Tapit Trice. Forte, last year’s Champion 2-Year-Old Male, has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in The “Test of the Champion,” which is… Read more
June 9, 2023
Breaking sharply under jockey Juan Hernandez, Kentucky-bred Defunded controlled proceedings in the $400,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) at Santa Anita on Memorial Day, keeping a tenacious Piroli at bay the length of the stretch to register the second Grade 1 win of his career. Sent off as the odds-on 3-5 race favorite, Defunded took control… Read more
May 30, 2023
Kentucky-bred Exaulted stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with an authoritative score in the Shoemaker Mile S. (G1), a “Win and You’re In” for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1). Ridden by Juan Hernandez, the son of Twirling Candy stalked the early pace three-wide early. He made a menacing move toward the leaders… Read more
May 30, 2023
Kentucky-bred National Treasure led from start to finish and held off a determined charge from Blazing Sevens to win the 148th Preakness Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, by a head at Pimlico on May 20. The front-running victory marked the ninth consecutive year that the Preakness was won by a Kentucky-bred…. Read more
May 22, 2023
Fresh off an impressive victory in the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, Kentucky-bred Mage seeks to keep his Triple Crown hopes alive as he headlines the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico on Saturday, May 20. Five of the seven entrants in the second leg of the Triple Crown are bred… Read more
May 19, 2023
OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing, and CMNWLTH’s Kentucky-bred Mage ran down Two Phil’s in deep stretch and went to win the 149th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) before a crowd of 150,335 at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 6. Trained by Gustavo Delgado and ridden by Javier Castellano, Mage covered the… Read more
May 8, 2023
Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway’s Kentucky-bred Tapit Trice tops the field for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Luis Saez, Tapit Trice is a winner of four straight heading into the Run for the Roses, including a… Read more
May 6, 2023
Godolphin homebred Pretty Mischievous overcame a wide draw and a wide trip and held off a late charge from Gambling Girl to prevail in the 149th running of the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on Friday. Trained by Brendan Walsh and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Pretty Mischievous covered the 1 1/8-mile distance… Read more
May 5, 2023
Twelve of the 14 fillies running for the lilies in the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday, May 5, are bred in Kentucky, led by Wet Paint, who tops all Oaks entrants with 170 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard. A homebred for Godolphin trained by Brad Cox, Wet Paint is… Read more
May 5, 2023
Kentucky-bred Doppelganger rallied furiously in the stretch to capture the $300,000 Carter H. (G1) at Aqueduct on Saturday, April 8. Ridden by jockey Jevian Toledo, Doppelganger benefited from a patient ride from Toledo in the seven-furlong fixture. Swung to the outside by Toledo in the lane, Doppelganger responded gamely and thundered home to defeat Repo… Read more
April 20, 2023