The Virginia Racing Commission signed off on Churchill Downs’s proposed acquisition of Colonial Downs June 8.
Rich Strike, who barely got into the Kentucky Derby field and was 80-1 at post time, scored an upset for the ages, and for the little guy and gal.
Secret Oath impressed in winning the G1 Kentucky Oaks, and trainer D. Wayne Lukas said a date with the boys in the Preakness remains a possibility.
A pair of Midlantic-breds are slated to run in stakes on the undercard of this afternoon’s Kentucky Derby, and both are among the major contenders.
The D. Wayne Lukas-trained Secret Oath registered a mild upset to win the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
Off to the Races returns to the airwaves May 7 with a show focusing on the day’s kickoff of the Triple Crown with the Kentucky Derby.
With a bevy of stakes at Churchill Downs on today’s Kentucky Oaks day, there’s one Pennsylvania-bred in action in an undercard stake.
Correspondent Jennifer Kelly recalls a favorite Kentucky Derby moment: when West Coast invader Sunday Silence and the East’s Easy Goer squared off.
In their first public interview on the topic, Churchill Downs see “great opportunity” at Colonial Downs because of Virginia’s gaming-and-racing model.
Blue Grass Stakes winner Zandon has been installed as the narrow 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby and will leave from post 10.