LOUISVILLE, Ky.– They don’t have the numbers or typically spend the type of money that seemingly would make them consistent participants in the Triple Crown. Yet, three years after upsetting the Kentucky Derby with Mage, the Delgado family is back to take another run at the world’s most famous horse race, their fourth time going for the roses.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Seth Klarman fancies himself a bit of a contrarian. It is a philosophy that has helped make him one of the most successful investors in America. It is a philosophy that has made him one of the most successful owners in Thoroughbred racing.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Golden Tempo is dealing with cracked heels on both front feet but his trainer, Cherie DeVaux, doesn’t believe it will keep him from running in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
“It’s not a big deal,” said DeVaux, who simply jogged Golden Tempo on Tuesday morning. “They’re active, he galloped yesterday and they opened up a little bit, just wanted to give him a day to let them quiet down so they don’t get any worse than what they are and they can heal. It’s not abnormal. When he breezes he gets them.
CHURCHILL DOWNS
Monday, April 27
Weather: Cloudy
Temp. 56°
Track: Fast
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Six Speed, Wonder Dean, and Danon Bourbon secured their respective spots in this year’s Kentucky Derby by earning points on the Japan and European/Middle East roads to the race. All three were in the spotlight Monday at Churchill Downs during the special training session reserved for Derby and Oaks horses at 7:15 a.m. after the renovation break.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The success of Japan-based horses in America and internationally, most notably that of 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Forever Young, has fueled thoughts that a Kentucky Derby may soon be within reach for a horse from the Land of the Rising Sun.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Jockey Cristian Torres won arguably the two most important races of his career the afternoon of Feb. 6 at Oaklawn Park.
He captured the Grade 3, $1 million Southwest Stakes aboard Silent Tactic for John Oxley and the $300,000 Martha Washington with Search Party for Tracy Farmer.
Fast forward to this weekend, and the 3-year-olds trained by Hall of Fame horseman Mark Casse will be Torres’s first mounts in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
It’s a significant achievement for Torres, a 28-year-old native of Puerto Rico who began riding in 2019.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – One of the spires might as well be missing.
This is the first Kentucky Derby week in the memory of most at Churchill Downs in which the legendary D. Wayne Lukas is not on his stable pony pre-dawn, with an eagle eye on his own horses and the competition. The Hall of Fame trainer died last June 28 at age 89.
“For Wayne, this was what he lived for,” said trainer Todd Pletcher, one of Lukas's many successful former assistants. “It won’t be the same without him, for sure.”
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bob Baffert is no longer coming to Kentucky Derby 152 under the radar.
Potente, a 20-1 shot on the morning line, may have raised his profile while lowering his odds with a scorching five-furlong workout in 57.77 seconds Sunday morning over the Churchill Downs main track. It’s not so much that he worked fast – the main track produced many fast times Sunday morning – as it is how he did it and how he seemingly came out of it.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Zany was the favorite when the lone Kentucky Oaks future wager pool took place in March. She is still the morning-line favorite for the 152nd edition of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks, to be contested next Friday at Churchill Downs. However, after incurring her first loss last time out, she is the lukewarm 4-1 favorite in an overflow field that truly appears wide open.
