February 1, 2013 - 11:00am
The Road to the Derby makes stops in three locales this Saturday with the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal., the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Fla., and the Grade III Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, NY.
The Road to the Derby makes stops in three locales this Saturday with the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal., the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Fla., and the Grade III Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, NY. Each of these...
January 28, 2013 - 10:45am
It wasn’t Shanghai Bobby’s lucky day, but Itsmyluckyday’s day in Holy Bull win.
It was trainer Eddie Plesa’s lucky day when Itsmyluckyday took down Two-Year-Old Eclipse Champion Shanghai Bobby in the $400,000 Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla. Itsmyluckyday earned 10 points for the victory and is now on the board in Churchill Downs’ new...
January 25, 2013 - 10:30am
Shanghai Bobby, who was recently awarded an Eclipse Award for champion top two-year-old will make his sophomore debut in Saturday’s Holy Bull.
The Road to the Kentucky Derby is well underway and makes a stop Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla. for the 26th running of the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes. The race is one of 19 Kentucky Derby “prep” races under Churchill Downs’ new 36-race points system that will...
January 22, 2013 - 10:30am
D. Wayne Lukas
Veteran trainer's promising colts win key Derby point standings races
The path to the Kentucky Derby is in its early stages, but one trainer is already making quite a statement.D. Wayne Lukas swept the three-day weekend’s two major stakes races included in the new Road to the Kentucky Derby point standings. Oxbow, a son of Awesome Again, dominated Saturday...
January 16, 2013 - 10:36am
Fans can watch and wager on simulcast tracks in Churchill Downs' new Parlay.
Churchill Downs will open a new on-track simulcast area on Wednesday, Jan. 16 with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. The Parlay, named after the gambling term to use winnings from one wager to make on another wager, is housed on the first floor in what used to be the Churchill...