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Lessons from ‘The Coach’: D. Wayne Lukas on Passion, Focus, and a Commitment to Horse Racing. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who retired from a six-decade career on June 22, made an ...
On the June 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut, Sean Collins, and Frank Angst recap the Belmont Stakes (G1) and hear from trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado after Sovereignty's ...
A Lexington native who grew up in Frankfort, Patrick Reed attended the University of Kentucky as an undergrad, working at Keeneland’s Turf Catering during his senior year. A casual racing fan through ...
Run since 1938, the Delaware Oaks is open to 3-year-old fillies at Delaware Park going 1 1/16 miles. Hall of Famers such as Gallorette, Dark Mirage and Lauries Dancer. Some notable winners include ...
Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:42:26 Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 5 1/2 lengths ...
Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:42:39 Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 7 1/2 lengths ...
Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...
The $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks is the premier dirt race for 3-year-old fillies in North America, a 1 1/8-mile test that goes a long way toward determining the Eclipse Award in the division ...
Winning the Kentucky Derby is the goal of any Thoroughbred jockey due to several factors. First, it’s the most famous and prestigious race in the world, and that’s enough for most riders. Second, it ...
The focus of the horse racing world zeroes in on Saratoga Race Course Aug. 24 for the 155 th running of the DraftKings Travers Stakes.The 1 ¼-mile Travers, called the “Mid-Summer Derby,” is the most ...
The $500,000, Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by Twinspires.com scheduled for Saturday at Aqueduct offers one final opportunity for accomplished dirt mile horses to compete in a marquee race ...
The 97 th Whitney Stakes is headlined by National Treasure, who has won two Grade 1 races so far this year including the June 8 Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap, which was held at Saratoga this ...