March 27, 2013 - 1:46pm
Black Onyx wins Spiral Stakes and heads to Kentucky Derby.
Black Onyx stormed home to win the Grade 3 $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. and grabbed 50 points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby points system.When Sterling Racing’s Black Onyx crossed the finish line Saturday, he was not Triple Crown...
March 23, 2013 - 12:28pm
Kentucky Derby hopefuls vie in Grade 3 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Racing Spiral Stakes.
The Road to the Kentucky Derby comes to Kentucky on Saturday for the Grade 3 $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Racing Spiral Stakes. Mark Casse’s Kentucky Juvenile Cup winner, Uncaptured, heads a field of 12 in Turfway Park’s premiere event at the Florence, Ky. racetrack.Uncaptured...
October 23, 2012 - 4:18pm
Churchill Downs will add a September meet to his line-up next year.
In a Tuesday meeting, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) approved Churchill Downs’ request for additional race dates in September 2013. The KHRC dates committee recommended awarding the requested dates to Churchill Downs in a meeting last week. Speculation was that the KHRC would...
October 2, 2012 - 2:28pm
Churchill Downs wants to add September racing dates in addition to its traditional spring and fall race meets.
For Louisville horse racing fans, the long summer months that separate the end of the Churchill Downs’ Spring Meet and the beginning of the Keeneland Fall Meet often mean a trip to the outer edges of the Commonwealth for live racing within the state—west to Ellis Park in Henderson, KY,...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Repeat performance for the connections of Animal Kingdom as they win another Vinery Racing Spiral.
Owner Team Valor International and trainer Graham Motion grab back-to-back victories in the Grade 3 $500,000 Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. The two teamed last year to win with Animal Kingdom, the eventual winner of the Kentucky Derby. Wearing the...