Horse Racing

2021 Arkansas Derby Day 2021 Arkansas Derby Day Jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. celebrates after winning the Arkansas Derby aboard Super Stock Date: 4/10/2021 The highlight race of the Oaklawn Park spring meeting is the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1), for 3-year-olds run at 1 1/8 miles and worth 100 points to the winner as part

All of the Preakness horses and some of the Black-Eyed Susan fillies galloped over the fast Pimlico main track on a cloudy Wednesday morning, including Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit. Conditions were typical for mid May with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid 50’s during training but warming up to around 70 as the

Nov 7, 2020 ESPN News Services LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authentic has won the Breeders’ Cup Classic, going wire-to-wire for a 2¼-length victory over Improbable that gave trainer Bob Baffert a 1-2 finish Saturday at Keeneland. The Kentucky Derby champion and Preakness runner-up broke out of the gate quickly and set the pace for others to

The victory was worth $1,860,000 and increased Medina Spirit’s earnings to $2,175,200 with a record of 3 wins, 3 seconds, and thirds in 6 starts. The victory gave trainer Bob Baffert his record seventh Kentucky Derby victory and rider John Velazquez his fourth. There were six other stakes races on the card with the Derby.

2024 Kentucky Derby Contenders 2024 Kentucky Derby Contenders Updated: 2/27/2024 Here my latest look at the list of top contenders for the 2024 Kentucky Derby to be run on May 7th at Churchill Downs. The big points-scoring races are just getting started, so expect to see a lot of changes over the next few weeks.