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Life of Joy wins the Rags to Riches at Churchill Downs

Owner

Stroud, Will, Andrew Farm, Mountmellick Farm and For the People Racing Stable LLC

Trainer

Brad H. Cox

Jockey

Ortiz Jr., Irad

Breeder

Springhouse Farm

Earnings

$141,270

Color

Bay

Pedigree

Sire Name Gun Runner

Dam Name Jordan's Leo

Derby News October 26, 2025

Incredibolt strikes in Street Sense; Life of Joy takes Rags to Riches

Pin Oak Stud’s Incredibolt rallied from last to surge past 7-5 favorite Universe in deep stretch and win Sunday’s 13th running of the $200,000 Street Sense (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.

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Derby News October 23, 2025

Universe seeks Street Sense; Life of Joy headlines Rags to Riches on Churchill opener

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025) – Four G Racing, Gregg Day and Steven Crain’s Grade I-placed colt Universe will continue his Road to the Kentucky Derby when he faces six promising juveniles entered in Sunday’s 13th running of the $200,000...

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Oaks News October 28, 2025

Feeling the Derby Power: Kentucky Derby Power Rankings 2025 [Oct. 27]

If you’d been watching juvenile racing this weekend last year, you would have seen the winner of both the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.

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