&w=384&q=75)
Here's the scary thing. As Always a Runner made just the third start of her career in winning the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on Friday night, and trainer Chad Brown thought it was the first race of her career she was 100 percent, it stands to reason there's room to improve.
&w=384&q=75)
Four of trainer Michael McCarthy's stakes runners at Churchill Downs and Santa Anita last weekend are likely to scatter across the United States – and perhaps over the Atlantic – for their next starts.
&w=384&q=75)
When pacer Rip Tide steps onto the track Wednesday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, the former $100,000 yearling will look to keep his streak intact. He has competed in two qualifying races and two parimutuel events, and has finished first all four times.
&w=384&q=75)
Gun Runner, one of the nation's leading sires, swept the Kentucky Oaks exacta on Friday night at Churchill Downs, with daughters Always a Runner and Meaning finishing one-two.
&w=384&q=75)
Carrumba was a fine racemare, carrying the iconic Phipps Stable black silks with cherry cap to victory four times. She is now part of the broodmare band for this historic operation, and, in addition to her racing accomplishments for a productive family, she will now be remembered for her role in another big victory.
&w=384&q=75)
Trainers Shug McGaughey and Miguel Clement landed on the same spot Thursday at Aqueduct to try and reverse the fortunes of their millionaire graded stakes-winning turf horses Integration and Carson's Run. Now, it's a matter if Mother Nature will cooperate.
Timer Moses, the 9-year-old maiden, had a one-race career. After finishing sixth of seven in an $8,500 claiming race for maidens at Turf Paradise on Friday, Timer Moses was sold privately over the weekend, according to owner and trainer Chad Story.
&w=384&q=75)
Total commingled wagering on Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville and its blockbuster supporting card fell for the first time in five years, according to charts of the races, but a move to prime time for Friday's Kentucky Oaks produced significant gains.
&w=384&q=75)
Not only did Curlin complete his personal Triple Crown with Golden Tempo's victory in the Kentucky Derby, having now sired a winner of each of the Triple Crown races, he had a unique Derby trifecta. Golden Tempo edged Renegade, who is out of a Curlin mare. Third-place finisher Ocelli is by Curlin's son Connect.
&w=384&q=75)
Romantic Thor almost certainly earned a tilt at the HK$13 million G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) after the Irish import revelled in rain-affected conditions to claim the HK$4.2 million G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (3 May).
