Practical Move to Scratch From Kentucky Derby
Trainer Tim Yakteen plans to scratch Practical Move from the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) after the Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner showed an elevated temperature May 4 at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Tim Yakteen plans to scratch Practical Move from the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) after the Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner showed an elevated temperature May 4 at Churchill Downs.
After two of his horses suffered sudden deaths during races on the first two days of the Churchill Downs spring meet, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. has been forced to scratch all his entries including Lord Miles.
Nimalee and Montefilia smashed Inglis Chairman's Sale records May 4, with the group 1-winning mares selling for a combined AU$7 million during a select offering which captured the attention of some of the world's biggest bloodstock investors.
Woodbine Entertainment May 4 announced the addition of long-time prominent Thoroughbred breeder Yvonne Schwabe and perennial leading Standardbred owner and breeder Brad Grant to committees for its board of directors.
With more than 30 years in the industry in which she has raced and bred horses, this year marks her second time with a challenger in the race.
For those that ponied up $190,000 apiece for membership in Secretariat's breeding syndicate, the period between the powerful chestnut's loss in the April 21 Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) and the May 5 Kentucky Derby (G1) was gut-check time
Trainer Brad Cox wouldn't mind seeing the Kentucky Oaks (G1) play out as the morning-line oddsmaker sees it as Cox will send out 5-2 favorite Wet Paint and 4-1 second-choice Botanical into the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-old fillies
Greg Wolf and Anthony Stabile look ahead to the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs
Brad Cox sort of knows what it's like to win what he says is the greatest race in America. But getting kissed up via disqualification nine months after the party's over is not how any trainer grows up imagining it…