Kentucky Downs is transferring $500,000 apiece to the purse accounts at Ellis Park, Churchill Downs, and Keeneland in an agreement with the Kentucky HBPA, which represents owners and trainers at the commonwealth's five Thoroughbred tracks.
Trainer Wesley Ward gave the thumbs-up signal to indicate his approval of today's works at Keeneland by his horses - led by European champion Lady Aurelia - after they worked on the turf in preparation for Royal Ascot.
Scat Daddy filly worked four furlongs in :48 4/5 at Keeneland May 15 as she prepares to defend her title in the June 19 King's Stand Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot.
Keeneland closed its 2018 spring meet April 27 with an all-sources handle total of more than $157 million.
The added distance of the 1 1/2-mile Bewitch Stakes (G3T) proved a good fit for Mom's On Strike, who took command in midstretch on her way to a 3 1/4-length victory April 27 at Keeneland, closing day of the spring meet.
The Bluegrass Breakfast will be open 6-10:30 a.m. from Saturday, April 28, through Thursday, May 3, in the Stable Suites located near the gap by the clockers' stand.
Daddys Lil Darling is set to have her talents stretched again at Keeneland April 27 when she headlines a field of seven entered in the 1 1/2-mile $150,000 Bewitch Stakes (G3T).
While One Go All Go snapped a 12-race losing skid in the Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (G2T), the race was marred when grade 1 winner Bullards Alley suffered a fatal injury on the first turn of the 12-furlong contest.
With trainer Chad Brown watching from the Keeneland boxes, Good Magic gave the two-time Eclipse Award winner reason to stay loose and happy as the chestnut colt cruised through a four-furlong work in :48 flat April 21.
Valadorna followed a career-low finish by posting an all-time best result April 20, when she inched clear in the final stages of the $100,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (G3) at Keeneland to earn her first graded stakes win.
Having started his 6-year-old campaign with three consecutive graded stakes wins, Itsinthepost will look to keep his momentum going April 21 when he faces 12 others in the $250,000 Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) over 1 1/2 miles at Keeneland.
After scoring victories in four of her first five races, Jenda's Agenda will make her graded stakes debut April 20 in the $100,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.
Oaklawn’s 2019 calendar could be a game-changer.
Baldo Hernandez, assistant to Keeneland spring meet leading trainer Chad Brown, reported the stable's three horses who were first across the finish in the $350,000 Coolmore Jenny Wiley (G1) were fine the morning after the April 14 test.
Needing a top-two finish to ensure enough qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), My Boy Jack delivered in the $200,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland April 14.
Her last start was a runner-up finish in the July 8 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1T) at Belmont Park, but Peter Brant's Sistercharlie was primed for a big effort April 14 in the $350,000 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland.
The 5-year-old daughter of Hat Trick dug deep to run down European champion Lady Aurelia in the final sixteenth of the $100,000 Giant's Causeway Stakes at Keeneland.
Radar Racing's Rated R Superstar, a 5-year-old gelding, roared past favored Chip Leader to win the April 13 Ben Ali Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. The son of Kodiak Kowboy covered the nine furlongs in 1:49.31.
Terry Hamilton's Heart to Heart had his own little celebration the morning of April 14, after he won Maker's 46 Mile (G1T) less than 24 hours earlier.
Terry Hamilton's Heart to Heart led at every point of call and cruised to a 1 3/4-length score in the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (G1T) April 13 at Keeneland.
April 14 is the last call for those looking to earn a trip to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
Currently occupying the 20th spot on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard, My Boy Jack will aim to prove he belongs, literally and figuratively, when he starts in the Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3).
Stonestreet Stables and Peter Leidel's European champion Lady Aurelia will face nine rivals April 14 when she kicks off her 2018 campaign in the 22nd running of the $100,000 Giant's Causeway Stakes at Keeneland.
With the first grade 1 test for turf females of 2018 slated to take place this weekend, it is fitting the two trainers who have wielded the division's strongest hands in recent years have entrants none would be shocked to see prevail.
Adena Springs Kentucky's grade 1 winner and freshman sire Capo Bastone got his first winner April 11 at Keeneland, where his son Hargus won in his first start by 2 1/2 lengths.
With a long-awaited top-level victory finally on his past performance lines, Heart to Heart will try to capture the race that has taunted him most when he heads a field of 10 in the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (G1T).
Kentucky Sports Radio’s Matt Jones and friends enjoyed improving weather and elite racing at Toyota Blue Grass Stakes day, where money was won, libations were imbibed, and Bills Khakis brought high style to the party.
In her first start since she captured the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) in November, Rushing Fall showed who she was in the $200,000 Appalachian Stakes presented by Japan Racing Association (G2T) when she drew clear to win by a length.
Reigning juvenile male champion Good Magic took home the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland April 7 and added 100 points to his Road to the Kentucky Derby total.
Monomoy Girl secures the first grade 1 win for trainer Brad Cox in the $500,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland April 7 and ensures herself a spot in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The Wesley Ward-owned and -trained Bound for Nowhere, an 8-1 shot, drew clear to win the April 7 Shakertown Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland by four lengths over Bucchero.
Multiple graded stakes winner Finley'sluckycharm won the $300,000 Madison Stakes (G1) April 7 at Keeneland and retained her spotless record in Kentucky.
Warrior's Club, owned by a group of investors put together by Churchill Downs two years ago, scored his first graded stakes victory in the Commonwealth Stakes at Keeneland April 7.
After some time off following surgery to remove an ankle chip, the highly regarded Gas Station Sushi is back racing in the $150,000 Beaumont Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (G3) April 8.
Analyze It remained unbeaten and virtually untested in three starts when he notched a 5 1/4-length victory in the Kentucky Utilities Transylvania Stakes (G3T) over the Keeneland grass course April 6.
In the aftermath of World Approval's defeat in the March 10 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1T), trainer Mark Casse said he hasn't seen the same energy from the champion gelding and is debating whether to start him in the Maker's 46 Mile (G1T).
The first read on how well Rushing Fall carries expectations forward in her 3-year-old season comes April 8, when she makes her season debut in the Appalachian Stakes Presented by Japan Racing Association (G2T) at Keeneland.
Patricia Generazio's homebred Disco Partner returns to turf sprinting in the $200,000 Shakertown Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland April 7.
A forecast of anywhere from a dusting to six or more inches of snow is possible for the Lexington area April 6 into April 7, with Keeneland officials planning for various contingencies concerning a big Saturday race card.
Finley'sluckycharm will look to remain unbeaten in Kentucky when she faces 12 challengers in the $300,000 Madison Stakes (G1) going seven furlongs at Keeneland.
Good Magic heads into the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) with 2-1 morning-line favoritism and more on the line than just needing to add to his 34 qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Monomoy Girl stands as the 4-5 morning-line choice in the field of seven entered for the 1 1/16-miles Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland April 7.
Wolken took over the catering business from his father in 1965.
The large Thoroughbred sales radiology study led by Colorado State University's Orthopaedic Research Center veterinarians, Drs. Wayne McIlwraith, Frances Peat, and Chris Kawcak; and Dr. Jeff Berk from Lexington, has gained widespread support.
Both out early April 1 to beat the threat of rain, Quip completed his major preparations for the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) while Monomoy Girl put in her last work ahead of the Ashland Stakes (G1) coming up April 7 at Keeneland.
Blended Citizen, who has had much of his success on the grass and all-weather surfaces, prepared for his return to the dirt in the April 7 $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) by working five furlongs in 1:01 March 31 at Keeneland.
D. Wayne Lukas has called an audible with Sporting Chance and will send the grade 1 winner to the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) April 7 at Keeneland, the Hall of Fame trainer said March 29.
Blended Citizen, winner of the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) over Turfway Park’s Polytrack March 17, could make his next start in Keeneland’s April 7 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) according to trainer Doug O'Neill.
Kyle Wilson and Dean Roethemeier have been hired as sales associates effective March 19.
The connections of Gronkowski plan to ship him to the United States for a start on dirt in one of the country's biggest preps for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
