May 4, 2024

Regally-bred Courvoisier takes Jerome

January 1, 2022 0

Courvoisier entered Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct with arguably the best pedigree of the eight newly-turned three-year-olds, but with only one career victory in four starts. The chestnut colt doubled that win total in […]

Simplification too fast for Mucho Macho Man foes

January 1, 2022 0

Jockey Javier Castellano had a simple strategy aboard Simplification in Saturday’s $150,000 Mucho Macho Man S. at Gulfstream Park — put the speedy colt on the lead and make his rivals catch him. None could. […]

Best of Hanson: 2021 Anthology

December 21, 2021 0

With the resumption of a more normal racing calendar in 2021, there were fewer opportunities for me to dive deep into historical subjects over the last 12 months compared to the pandemic-affected year of 2020. […]

Fearless much the best in Harlan’s Holiday

December 18, 2021 0

A fondness for Gulfstream Park’s main track was on display again Saturday when Fearless drew off to win the $150,000 Harlan’s Holiday S. (G3) by four lengths as the 3-5 favorite under Luis Saez. Waiting […]

Make It Big stays unbeaten after Springboard Mile

December 18, 2021 0

Jockey Jose Ortiz swept the open two-year-old stakes at Remington Park Friday night, including the $401,200 Remington Springboard Mile aboard 13-10 favorite Make It Big. Invading from Gulfstream Park, where he had won twice against […]

Brisnet at 50 Part 3: Acquisition and Expansion

December 15, 2021 0

When a family-run business is acquired by a large corporation, there are bound to be challenges, adjustments, and a learning curve moving forward. Such was the case for Brisnet.com, which, after 36 years as a private entity, became the property of Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) on June 12, 2007. […]

Springboard Mile attracts field of nine

December 13, 2021 0

Remington Springboard Mile — Race 12 (11:28 p.m. ET) The $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile, which will be run late Friday night at Remington Park, is the penultimate point-scoring opportunity of the year for the 2022 […]

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