LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In the moments immediately following the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, trainer Bill Mott said his thoughts were of how well his colts Country House and Tacitus had run, and he figured they’d both be bound for the Belmont Stakes next.
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Sat, 05/04/2019 - 09:19
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Tom Amoss said Saturday morning that Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress came out of her front-running victory in the Churchill Downs filly classic Friday “in great shape” and that he’ll think about the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes on the June 8 Belmont Stakes card.
“We’re going to enjoy this for a couple of days,” said Amoss. “She’s tired. I’m tired. She’ll get plenty of rest the rest of this month, I know that, as hard as she worked toward the Oaks. We’ll come up with a game plan when it’s time to.”
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There are two annual graded stakes for 2-year-old fillies in the fall at Churchill Downs. Last fall, both were won by Churchill-based fillies, with Serengeti Empress romping in the Grade 2 Pocahontas Stakes in September and Liora narrowly claiming the Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes in November.
Fri, 05/03/2019 - 18:49
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If you don't like the favorite for the Kentucky Derby, wait a minute, it's likely to change.
With morning-line favorite Omaha Beach scratched on Thursday, the wide-open nature of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby is reflected in the early wagering. As of 6:15 p.m. Eastern, and with $749,690 in the win pool, Wood Memorial winner Tacitus ($101,102) was favored by $4 over Arkansas Derby runner-up Improbable ($101,098). Florida Derby winner Maximum Security ($99,983) is the "third" choice. All three horses are 5-1.
Los Alamitos will add $100,000 to overnight purses for its summer meeting, which runs from June 27 to July 14, with most going to claiming and starter-allowance races, according to racing secretary Bob Moreno.
The additional funds will add $1,000 to $2,000 per race for several categories of races during the 12-day season,.
The Santa Anita meeting runs through June 23, followed by Los Alamitos and the Del Mar summer meeting, which begins July 17.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita will invest $500,000 in the acquisition of a PET scan machine that provides greater detection of vulnerabilities to a horse’s lower limbs, the track announced this week.
The Longmile Positron Emission Tomography machine will be based at the track’s backstretch equine hospital. The device allows a horse to undergo an examination that can “flag pre-existing conditions that can contribute to breakdowns,” Dionne Benson said in a statement released by the track.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Stu Simon got his Woodbine meet off to a strong start, recording a win with his first starter when Sister Peacock captured the Star Shoot Stakes on April 21.
Simon said he is pointing Sister Peacock toward the $100,000 William D. Graham Memorial, an overnight stakes over 6 1/2 furlongs on the turf that is scheduled for June 8 here. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Real Solution now has a career record of three wins from five starts, and has finished no worse than second.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Chad Brown was disappointed that he didn’t get the chance to run his lightly raced filly Dunbar Road in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks and called the system Churchill Downs utilizes to determine the field “flawed.”
Though Dunbar Road had just a maiden win and a runner-up finish to Champagne Anyone in the Gulfstream Park Oaks on her résumé, Brown was really high on the filly’s chances in the Oaks. So, apparently, was the morning-line maker, who installed Dunbar Road as the 5-1 second choice behind Bellafina (2-1).
CHURCHILL DOWNS
Thursday, May 2
Weather: Cloudy
Temperature: 63
Track: Fast
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The complexion of this year’s Kentucky Derby may have changed immensely overnight with the news that likely favorite Omaha Beach was out of the race, but it was still business as usual for the rest of the field during training hours Thursday morning at Churchill Downs.