Kentucky-breds flexed their muscles on Future Stars Friday at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships with Forte winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Wonder Wheel capturing the Juvenile Fillies (G1). Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte swept past odds-on and previously undefeated Cave Rock at the sixteenth pole en route to posting a 1… Read more
November 6, 2022
Undefeated Flightline tops a deep Kentucky-bred contingent set for Championship Saturday at the Breeders’ Cup as he headlines the lucrative $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland on Saturday, Nov. 5. The sensational son of Tapit-Feathered, by Indian Charlie, is undefeated in five lifetime starts for trainer John Sadler and is coming off a 19… Read more
November 5, 2022
Undefeated Cave Rock puts his perfect record on the line in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and tops a strong Kentucky-bred contingent entered in the Future Stars Friday card at Keeneland on Nov. 4, the first of two days of racing in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The dark bay or brown son… Read more
November 4, 2022
Kentucky-bred Going to Vegas successfully defended her title in the $300,000 Rodeo Drive S. (G1) at Santa Anita on Oct. 8, stamping her ticket to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Keeneland. Under Umberto Rispoli, Going to Vegas cruised gate to wire to win the 1 ¼-mile turf event for the second straight… Read more
October 15, 2022
Shadwell Stable’s Kentucky-bred Malathaat soared past champion Letruska at the head of the lane and drew clear to win the 67th running of the $600,000 Spinster S. (G1) at Keeneland on Sunday, Oct. 9, leading a Kentucky-bred sweep of the track’s four Grade 1 events on the weekend. The victory earned Malathaat a berth in… Read more
October 15, 2022
Kentucky-bred Cave Rock remained undefeated and recorded his second straight Grade 1 victory with a romping score in Santa Anita’s $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1), a “Win and You’re In for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland on Nov. 4. Quick into stride in the 1 1/16-mile fixture, Cave Rock took command… Read more
October 14, 2022
George Krikorian’s Kentucky-bred War Like Goddess defeated males in a facile win in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Belmont at the Big A meeting in New York. Ridden by Jose Lezcano, War Like Goddess broke well from the inside and tracked the early pace from third in… Read more
October 14, 2022
Repole Stable’s Kentucky-bred Chocolate Gelato made her stakes debut a winning one on Saturday, Oct. 1, taking the $400,000 Frizette S. (G1) at the Belmont at the Big A meet for trainer Todd Pletcher. The impressive victory earned Chocolate Gelato a place in the starting gate for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Nov…. Read more
October 5, 2022
Kentucky-bred Blazing Sevens closed resolutely down the stretch over a sloppy, sealed main track on Saturday, Oct. 1 to win the $500,000 Champagne S. (G1), a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Nov. 4 at Keeneland. Run at one mile, the 151st running of the… Read more
October 5, 2022
Kentucky-bred Defunded made every pole a winning one and defeated stablemate Country Grammer in taking down the top prize in the $300,000 Awesome Again S. (G1) at Santa Anita on Saturday, Oct. 1, earning a berth in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland on Nov. 5. Ridden by Edwin Maldonado, Defunded dictated… Read more
October 4, 2022