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Kentucky Oaks 135 Update – Sunday, April 26
Thomas Van Meter and Charles Kidders Be Fair worked five furlongs in 1:00 20 under exercise rider Omar Golon. The move, taking place shortly after the track opened, was the fourth-fastest of 24 at the distance over a track rated as fast. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time winner of the Kentucky Oaks, said, She [...]
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Kentucky Derby 135 Update – Sunday, April 26
ADVICE/DUNKIRK/JOIN IN THE DANCE At Churchill Downs, assistant trainer Mike McCarthy had two of trainer Todd Pletchers candidates for the 135th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) out for exercise early on a beautiful morning beneath the Twin Spires. With the first set, shortly after the track opened at 6 a.m., Join in [...]
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Barbaro Memorial dedicated outside Churchill Downs
Catherine Kane never met paid much attention to horse racing. It simply wasnt her thing. Then, watching the Preakness three years ago, she cringed when Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro pulled up a couple hundred yards into the second leg of the Triple Crown. The sight of the dazzling bay colts shattered right hind leg hanging [...]
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Hyperbaric wins at Hollywood Park.
Hyperbaric led all the way Friday to win the $400,000 Citation Handicap by three-quarters of a length over Formal Decree at Hollywood Park for his fourth straight victory. Ridden by Tyler Baze, Hyperbaric covered 1 1-16 miles on turf in 1:41.29 and paid $13, $6.20 and $4. The win was the seventh in 12 lifetime [...]
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Leparoux sets Churchill Downs win record.
Jockey Julien Leparoux has broken a 23-year-old Churchill Downs record for wins at a Fall Meet previously held by Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day. Leparoux rode home five winners Friday, bringing his total to 59 during the five-week meet that concludes Saturday. Day previously established the Fall Meet mark in 1985 when he rode [...]
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