Red Carpet Ready prevails in a hard-fought Eight Belles
Red Carpet Ready engaged the heavily favored Munnys Gold in Friday’s Eight Belles (G2) at Churchill Downs and eventually scored by a diminishing head. […]
Eight Belles Stakes
Rich Strike, Secret Oath return to scene of signature wins for Kentucky Oaks Day
An appearance by 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) upsetter Rich Strike in the $600,000 Alysheba (G2) on Friday kicks off the Derby weekend stakes action at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-mile Alysheba marks the season debut […]
Matareya rolls to third straight win in Eight Belles
Godolphin and trainer Brad Cox have quite a three-year-old filly sprinter on their hands in Matareya, who scored impressively for the third time this season when taking Friday’s $500,000 Eight Belles S. (G2) at Churchill […]
Shedaresthedevil tops La Troienne; Olympiad aims to extend win streak in Alysheba
La Troienne S. (G1) — Race 6 (1:26 p.m. ET) Shedaresthedevil, a star on the past two Kentucky Oaks Day programs and 5-for-5 in her career under the Twin Spires, will look to keep that […]
Obligatory rallies for Eight Belles score
Juddmonte’s homebred Obligatory collared the favored Dayoutoftheoffice in the final sixteenth of Friday’s $300,000 Eight Belles S. […]
Aunt Pearl, Dayoutoftheoffice return to action on Oaks undercard
Edgewood S. (G2) — Race 7 (2:09 p.m. ET) The $300,000 Edgewood S. (G2) at Churchill Downs has been a magnet in recent years for the previous season’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) winner. […]
Sconsin mows them down in Eight Belles Stakes
By Tommy Raymond Lloyd Madison Farms homebred Sconsin began Friday’s $300,000 Eight Belles S. (G2) at Churchill Downs trailing the field for a half-mile while the two favorites, Mundaye Call and Four Graces, engaged in […]
Four Graces, Mundaye Call clash in Eight Belles; Sharing stars in Edgewood
Sophomore fillies who had contemplated the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at one point or another will add to the depth of a fantastic Friday undercard at Churchill Downs. The $300,000 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) pits Four […]