Run For The Roses!
Fourteen great races from Churchill Downs – no Tellytrack coverage unfortunately
5th September 2020
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Fourteen great races from Churchill Downs – no Tellytrack coverage unfortunately
The 144th running of the Kentucky Derby is the centerpiece of a weekend-long festival of top-shelf racing at Churchill Downs that also features the winners of last year’s Derby and Kentucky Oaks
Staying loyal to his young jockey after the Sansui Summer Cup has further boosted trainer Geoff Woodruff’s burgeoning J&B Met prospects
Friday, 2 May 2014 will see the 140th running of the Gr1 Longines Kentucky Oaks under the twin spires of Churchill Downs. The contest is open to 3yo fillies and held over 1 1/8 miles (1800m) at level weights of 55kg
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
