Nashville Derby Leads Lucrative KY Downs Stakes Roster

Nashville Derby Leads Lucrative KY Downs Stakes Roster

Kentucky Downs‘ 2025 meet will feature 18 stakes offering a total of $30.5 million in purses, led by the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T). Another 10 stakes are worth at least $2 million. The stakes are worth a combined $16 million in base purses, with another $14.5 million from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund for registered…

Regulators Discuss Staffing Challenges at ARCI Meeting

Regulators Discuss Staffing Challenges at ARCI Meeting

Speaking May 7 in Louisville, Ky., during the ongoing annual meeting of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, leadership of several state horse racing regulators expressed continued challenges related to staffing positions for veterinarians and stewards. There is a shortage of those qualified for the professions and young people desiring to pursue such a career,…

Shisospicy, Dreamaway Renew Rivalry in Mamzelle

Shisospicy, Dreamaway Renew Rivalry in Mamzelle

A rematch of last month’s Limestone Stakes could resurface in the $225,000 Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) for 3-year-old fillies May 10 at Churchill Downs. The first through fourth place finishers in the Mamzelle, Shisospicy , Dreamaway , Abientot , Me Governor , and It Ain’t Two  (finished in a dead-heat for fourth with Me Governor), all of whom finished within a length…

Sovereignty Returns to Track Following KY Derby Victory

Sovereignty Returns to Track Following KY Derby Victory

The rain that turned the Churchill Downs track to mud for the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) had finally disappeared by May 7, giving an opportunity for Sovereignty  to take in a beautiful Kentucky sunrise a final time before departing for Saratoga Race Course. One day following the announcement that the Godolphin homebred would not pursue…