Prior to his runner-up effort in the Matt Winn, Ny Traffic had been third in a division of the Risen Star and second in the Louisiana Derby. Should he break through with a major victory, he would be a standout for his young sire, and a standout for a female family that is light on black type.
Louisiana Derby winner Wells Bayou will bypass the June 20 Belmont Stakes in favor of the July 8 Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand or July 11 Blue Grass at Keeneland, trainer Brad Cox said.
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Storm the Court, the champion 2-year-old male of 2019, might have his next start in the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby on July 4, trainer Peter Eurton said Monday.
Champion and prominent sire Bernardini is steadily emerging as a broodmare sire, following in the footprints of his late, great sire, A.P Indy. Bernardini recorded a triple with three stakes winners out of his daughters on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Maxfield rewarded the patience of his connections and ran himself squarely into the Kentucky Derby picture with a one-length triumph Saturday in the 23rd running of the Grade 3, $150,000 Matt Winn Stakes at fan-free Churchill Downs.
Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., has applied for five days of live racing, spectator-free, from July 8-12, with the Blue Grass Stakes scheduled for July 11, the track announced late Friday.
Three-year-olds going two turns at Churchill Downs in May is cause for celebration – in previous years, and now in this wacko year. The Matt Winn Stakes, which will be run Saturday without fans in attendance at Churchill, represents something of a return to normalcy
Brendan Walsh awoke in a start the other morning at 3 a.m., earlier than usual. “My mind started to running,” he said. That's not the only thing he has running. After more than 7 1/2 months, Walsh on Saturday will finally get his prized colt Maxfield back to the races in the Grade 3, $150,000 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs.
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