#US RACING: Tradition gets swift kick at a Kentucky Derby like no other
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Change is slow in coming to the Kentucky Derby. From being run on the first Saturday in May to the playing of "My Old Kentucky Home" since 1921, tradition rules America's most famous race. Custom is getting a swift kick in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic forced the 146th Derby to be […]
#US RACING: From Derby disqualification to doping, a chaotic year in US horse racing
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. What happened next set horse racing off on a yearlong odyssey of chaos: from a historic disqualification to doping, from lawsuits to a pandemic, and now a Triple Crown turned upside down. Amidst the uncertainty, Tiz the Law has […]
#US RACING: Spectator-free Triple Crown: Preakness won't allow fans
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Preakness Stakes will be run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Oct. 3 without fans, making it a spectator-free sweep of the three Triple Crown races this year because of the global pandemic. The Maryland Jockey Club and Stronach Group that owns and manages Pimlico made the announcement Wednesday that fans […]
#US RACING: Tiz the Law draws No. 17 post as 3-5 Kentucky Derby favourites
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby favourites’ will need to take the long route toward winning the Run For The Roses. Tiz the Law is the 3-5 morning-line favourites for the 146th Derby and will attempt to become the first winner from the No. 17 post position drawn for Saturday's rescheduled marquee race for 3-year-olds. […]
#KENTUCKY DERBY: Likely Derby favourite Tiz the Law in final workout
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law finished his final workout on Saturday (August 29) with a week to go before he's expected to compete as the probable favourite in the Kentucky Derby. The colt ran five furlongs in 59.21 seconds at Saratoga in upstate New York, while some of his rivals […]
#US RACING: Filly Gamine is even-money favourite for Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Gamine is the even-money morning-line favourite for the Kentucky Oaks after drawing the No. 5 post position Monday in the marquee race for 3-year-old fillies. Swiss Skydiver will start from the No. 1 post as the 8-5 second choice at Churchill Downs, with Speech at 5-1 from the No. 4 post. […]
#KENTUCKY DERBY: Coronavius forces changes for Derby jockeys
Jockeys riding in the rescheduled 146th Kentucky Derby have to arrive by Monday (August 24) and then quarantine upon returning to their home tracks, just one of many changes forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, Churchill Downs had proposed an arrival date of Aug. 24 — nearly two weeks before the Derby on Sept. 5. […]
#KENTUCKY DERBY: Trainer D Wayne Lukas back at work after battling COVID-19
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer, is back at his Churchill Downs barn after recovering from COVID-19. Lukas, who turns 85 on Wednesday, said he got "really sick." "I couldn't get any air and I felt like I was drifting away," he said. "You just wish you could get […]
#US RACING: Horse racing leaders move to set national safety standards
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Looking to halt doping scandals and horse deaths marring their sport, thoroughbred racing leaders Monday announced the launch of an integrity and safety authority to create national standards replacing the patchwork of state regulations overseeing the industry. The authority will help set industry-wide standards for medication use, track surfaces and other […]
#US RACING – Watch the video replays of the last 10 Kentucky Derby
2019 – Winner: Country House following the disqualification of Maximum Security 2018 – Winner: Justify 2017 – Winner: Always Dreaming 2106 – Winner: Nyquist 2015 – Winner: American Pharaoh 2014 – Winner: California Chrome 2013 – Winner: Orb 2012 – Winner: I’ll Have Another 2011 – Winner: Animal Kingdom 2010 – Winner: Super Saver