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Eclatant Stays at Seven Furlongs for Eight Belles
on 04/29/2025 7:13 PM
A competitive field of 12 3-year-old fillies, including eight last-out stakes winners led by Stonestreet Stables' homebred Eclatant, has been entered for the $600,000 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) May 2 at Churchill Downs.
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Carson's Run Looks to Return to Form in Fort Marcy
on 04/29/2025 6:11 PM
Multiple grade 1 winner Carson's Run looks to return to form in the $200,000 Fort Marcy Stakes (G2T) May 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack. The 4-year-old son of Cupid takes on four opponents in the 1 1/8-mile race for older horses.
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Seven Maiden Watchers Draw Into 2025 Derby Field
on 04/29/2025 6:11 PM
Maiden Watch Kentucky Derby Edition
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C2 Racing Stable Hopes for Derby Surprise With Neoequos
on 04/29/2025 5:04 PM
C2 Racing Stable may have left Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner White Abarrio behind in South Florida, but C2, a partnership of brothers Mark and Clint Cornett, is still coming out firing this week at Churchill Downs.
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Positano Sunset Eyes G1 Double in Derby City Distaff
on 04/29/2025 5:04 PM
If the field set to go to post for the $1 million Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs May 3 is an indication, the breadth of ability within the division will again be overflowing, and any attempt at ascendancy hard fought.
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Alysheba Stakes Showdown: Fierceness, Locked to Battle
on 04/29/2025 5:04 PM
This year's Alysheba Stakes (G2) drew a field of six, but owner Mike Repole is billing the May 2 race at Churchill Downs as "a heavyweight title fight" between two multiple grade 1 winners—his Fierceness and Todd Pletcher-barnmate Locked.
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C2 Racing Stable Hopes for Derby Surprise With Neoequos
on 04/29/2025 5:04 PM
C2 Racing Stable may have left Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner White Abarrio behind in South Florida, but C2, a partnership of brothers Mark and Clint Cornett, is still coming out firing this week at Churchill Downs.
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Positano Sunset Eyes G1 Double in Derby City Distaff
on 04/29/2025 5:04 PM
If the field set to go to post for the $1 million Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs May 3 is an indication, the breadth of ability within the division will again be overflowing, and any attempt at ascendancy hard fought.
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Alysheba Stakes Showdown: Fierceness, Locked to Battle
on 04/29/2025 5:04 PM
This year's Alysheba Stakes (G2) drew a field of six, but owner Mike Repole is billing the May 2 race at Churchill Downs as "a heavyweight title fight" between two multiple grade 1 winners—his Fierceness and Todd Pletcher-barnmate Locked.
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Beach Bomb Vies for Third Straight in Sheepshead Bay
on 04/29/2025 4:01 PM
Multiple graded stakes winner Beach Bomb ships to Aqueduct Racetrack for the $175,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (G3T) May 2. The 5-year-old mare is looking for her third consecutive graded stakes victory.
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Connections Consider Royal Ascot Trip for Laurelin
on 04/29/2025 4:01 PM
Ascot Racecourse publicity reported April 29 that recent Memories Of Silver Stakes winner Laurelin has been entered in the Coronation Stakes (G1) at the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
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Pat Day the 'Right Thing' for Built Instead of Derby
on 04/29/2025 3:01 PM
Last year, Seize the Grey won the Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) before winning the Preakness Stakes (G1) two weeks later. That's also a possibility for at least one contender in this year's $600,000 race: Built.
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Will Then Takes on Tough Casse Duo in Edgewood
on 04/29/2025 3:01 PM
The improving Will Then, one of the rising stars in the Southern California female turf division, trades in the Golden State for the Kentucky bluegrass when she starts in the May 2 $600,000 Edgewood Stakes (G2T) at Churchill Downs.
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Japanese KY Derby Contenders Get Down to Work
on 04/29/2025 2:00 PM
Japan's Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Luxor Cafe and Admire Daytona continued their acclimation exercises at Churchill Downs April 29 but finally got down to business with both colts working five furlongs in their last major pre-Derby drills.
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Derby Dozen: Sovereignty, Journalism, Luxor Cafe 1-2-3
on 04/29/2025 2:00 PM
Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.
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Journalism Tops 3-Year-Old Poll Ahead of Kentucky Derby
on 04/29/2025 2:00 PM
Voters in the NTRA top 3-year-old poll agree Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Journalism should be the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the Kentucky Derby (G1) as the son of Curlin tops the final edition of that poll ahead of the year's opening classic.
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She Feels Pretty Set for 2025 Debut in Modesty Stakes
on 04/29/2025 2:00 PM
The Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland, was She Feels Pretty's only experience running the Modesty's 1 1/8-mile distance. But it was her most dominant win as she pulled away for a six-length conquest.
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Racing Hall of Fame to Celebrate Preakness Stakes
on 04/29/2025 12:41 PM
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will celebrate the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 17 with a pair of special events at the Museum.
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Kentucky Derby Diary: Bethany Taylor With Coal Battle
on 04/29/2025 11:41 AM
Bethany Taylor spoke of the thrill of her first Derby experience and provided insight into the youngster that has taken the small Louisiana-based stable to great heights as part of a diary written with Tom Pedulla for America's Best Racing:
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Trainer Reid Notches 1,000th Career Victory
on 04/29/2025 11:41 AM
Jeanne Marie's victory at Parx Racing earns trainer milestone win.
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