Kentucky Derby News
March 3, 2016
Kentucky Oaks Prep Season race review – Part 4
With the Kentucky Oaks Championship series of races underway, now would be a good time to go back and review the Prep Season contests that have led up to this point.
There were a total of 16 races during the Prep Season offering points on the Road to...
March 2, 2016
Kentucky Oaks Prep Season race review – Part 2
With the Kentucky Oaks Championship series of races underway, now would be a good time to go back and review the Prep Season contests that have led up to this point.
There were a total of 16 races during the Prep Season offering points on the Road to...
March 2, 2016
Kentucky Oaks Prep Season race review – Part 3
With the Kentucky Oaks Championship series of races underway, now would be a good time to go back and review the Prep Season contests that have led up to this point.
There were a total of 16 races during the Prep Season offering points on the Road to...
March 1, 2016
Champion Songbird Tops 112 3-Year-Old Fillies Nominated to Longines Kentucky Oaks
Fox Hill Farm Inc.’s unbeaten Songbird, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2015 and winner of the 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) at Keeneland, tops an accomplished and exciting roster of 112 3-year-old fillies made eligible...
February 29, 2016
Kentucky Oaks Prep Season race review – Part 1
With the Kentucky Oaks Championship series of races underway, now would be a good time to go back and review the Prep Season contests that have led up to this point.
There were a total of 16 races during the Prep Season offering points on the Road to...
Derby News February 28, 2016
Mo d’Amour joins Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with Busher win
Mo d’Amour jumped from nowhere to the number three spot on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard on Saturday when taking the $125,000 Busher S. at Aqueduct by two lengths.
The Busher is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races...
February 28, 2016
Mohaymen posts another easy win in Fountain of Youth, match-up versus Nyquist looms in Florida Derby
Shadwell Stables’ Mohaymen continues to impress as the top-ranked Kentucky Derby (G1) contender on the East Coast, rolling to a 2 ¼-length decision over Zulu in Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
With the...
Features February 28, 2016
Tales from the Crib: Mor Spirit
Last week, a planned workout for Mor Spirit went awry when he just wasn’t focused or into it. Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens eased him, out of an abundance of caution, to make sure that he was all right.
Mor Spirit was in fact physically fine –...
February 27, 2016
Cathryn Sophia remains perfect in Davona Dale
Cathryn Sophia moved her record to a perfect four-for-four when romping by seven lengths in Saturday’s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Ridden by Javier Castellano for trainer John Servis, the bay filly was looking for her second straight...
February 25, 2016
Seven to vie for Kentucky Oaks points in Busher
The $125,000 Busher S. on Saturday at Aqueduct doesn’t hold any graded status but it does offer up a total of 85 points toward a starting berth in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
That was enough to attract a field of seven sophomore fillies for the 1 1/16-mile...