Champions Songbird, Havre de Grace top list of Porter’s best
We honor the late Rick Porter by remembering the outstanding runners campaigned in Fox Hill Farms’ distinctive red and white silks. […]
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Top Weekly Brisnet Speed Ratings for Stakes April 30 – May 6
A slew of runners over Kentucky Derby weekend earned triple-digit BRIS Speed ratings in stakes…but not the eventual Derby winner himself. Country House was elevated to first via the disqualification of Maximum Security, who earned […]
Break Even rolls to victory in Eight Belles
by Tommy Raymond Klein Racing’s homebred Break Even immediately went to the front of Friday’s $250,000 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) for three-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs and never looked back, cruising home by 5 1/2 […]
Newspaperofrecord, World of Trouble favored in Oaks undercard grass stakes
While the best three-year-old filly in the country on dirt is expected to emerge several hours later in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Friday’s $250,000 Edgewood (G3) at Churchill Downs will have as its marquee attraction […]
Mia Mischief wires Eight Belles
Mia Mischief lived up to her 3-2 favoritism in Friday’s $200,000 Eight Belles Stakes (G3), leading all the way home under jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. to score by 1 3/4 lengths on the wire. The […]
Amy’s Challenge shortens up for Eight Belles; Rushing Fall drawn widest in Edgewood
Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard features two other graded stakes for three-year-old fillies. As a seven-furlong event on the main track, the $200,000 Eight Belles (G2) can have crossover interests from fillies once on the […]
Benner Island hangs on from surging Strike in Eight Belles
Shortleaf Stable’s Benner Island just lasted from the flying Union Strike in Friday’s $200,000 Eight Belles (G2) on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs. Although that continued the trend of early speed holding on the […]
Alysheba round two for Honorable Duty, Breaking Lucky
In a thrilling finish to last month’s New Orleans H. (G2), Honorable Duty just edged long-time leader Breaking Lucky by a neck with a furious late surge. The pair will square off again Friday in […]