Churchill Downs

11May

Get an official 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb baseball cap

By Clairenmike  |  May 11th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Uncategorized  |  139th Kentucky Derby, 2013 Kentucky Derby winner, baseball cap, Donations, equine research, equine research funding, Golden Soul, Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, grayson-jockeyclub.org, Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, May 4, Normandy Invasion, official baseball cap, Orb, owners of the 2013 Kentucky Derby winner, Palace Malice, Phipps Stable, Shug McGaughey, Stuart S. Janney III  |  No Comments

You can get an official 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb baseball cap and help a wonderful research Foundation at the […]

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10May

Derby winner Animal Kingdom to Royal Ascot Queen Anne Stakes

By Clairenmike  |  May 10th, 2013  |  Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, Dubai World Cup, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Uncategorized  |  animal kingdom, Arrowfield Stud, Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Mile, Canford Cliffs, Churchill Downs, Dubai World Cup, Frankel, Goldikova, June 18, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby winner, Preakness Stakes, Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes, Royal Ascot. Graham Motion, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Team Valor International, trainer, Wise Dan  |  No Comments

Graham Motion, the trainer of Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom, decided after walking the course at Royal Ascot this […]

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08May

Will Orb and Departing remember Claiborne Farm in Preakness?

By Clairenmike  |  May 8th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Penny Chenery, Preakness Stakes, Secretariat, Triple Crown, Uncategorized  |  2013 Preakness Stakes, 2013 Triple Crown, A.B. “Bull” Hancock, Adele Dilschneider, Al Stall Jr, Baltimore, Bob Baffert, Brian Hernandez Jr, Chad Brown, Churchill Downs, Claiborne Farm, D. Wayne Lukas, Departing, Doug O'Neill, Eddie Plesa Jr, foaled, Garrett Gomez, Gary Stevens, Goldencents, Govenor Charlie, Greg Geier, Hall of Fame trainer, Hancocks, Illinois Derby, Itsmyluckyday, Javier Castellano, Jeffrey Sanchez, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez, Julien Laparoux, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby Tours, Kentucky Derby winner, Kevin Krigger, Martin Garcia, May 18, Mylute, Normandy Invasion, Ogden Mills Phipps, Orb, Oxbow, paddock, Paris, Penny Chenery, Pimlico Race Course, Rosie Napravnik, Rudy Rodriguez, Saturday, Secretariat, Seth Hancock, Shug McGaughey, Street Spice, Stuart Janney III, Sunland Derby, TBA, Titletown Five, Tom Amoss, Triple Crown, Vyjack, War Front, Will Take Charge  |  No Comments

Kentucky Derby Tours visited Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky on the Thursday before Derby this year and one of the […]

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06May

2013 Kentucky Derby trainer quotes – “The Trainers view”

By Clairenmike  |  May 6th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Uncategorized  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Aidan O'Brien, Chad Brown, Charming Kitten, Chuck Fipke, Churchill Downs, D. Wayne Lukas, Dallas Stewart, Doug O'Neill, Eddie Plesa Jr, Falling Sky, Frac Daddy, Garrett Gomez, Giant Finish, Golden Soul, Goldencents, Itsmyluckyday, Java's War, John Terranova, Ken McPeek, Kentucky Derby winner, Kevin Krigger, Lines of Battle, Mylute, Normandy Invasion, Orb, Overanalyze, Oxbow, Palace Malice, Ray Handal, Revolutionary, Robby Albarado, Rudy Rodriguez, Shug Mc Gaughey, T.J. Comerford, Todd Pletcher, Tom Amoss, Tony Dutrow, trainer, Verrazano, Vyjack, Will Take Charge  |  No Comments

2013 Kentucky Derby trainer quotes – this is what the trainers of the horses in the 2013 Kentucky Derby had […]

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04May

Lyrics to sing ‘My Old Kentucky Home” on Kentucky Derby Day

By Clairenmike  |  May 4th, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby  |  Behave Yourself, Churchill Downs, Courier-Journal, Damon Runyon, Derby Day, horses, Kentuckians, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, lyrics, My Old Kentucky Home, paddock, post parade, Public Ledger, Run for the Roses, song, Stephen Foster, Stephen Foster Handicap, University of Louisville Marching Band  |  No Comments

While you are working on your vocals – here is a little history and the lyrics of “My Old Kentucky […]

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03May

2013 Kentucky Derby “Garland of roses” has history

By Clairenmike  |  May 3rd, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Uncategorized  |  Barbaro, Ben Brush, Betty J. Korfhage, Bill Corum, Burgoo King, Churchill Downs, Daily Racing Form, Derby week, Garland of Roses, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Derby winner, Kingsley Walker Florist, Kroger, Mine That Bird, Oscar Otis, Run for the Roses, Winner’s Circle, winning jockey  |  No Comments

The Kentucky Derby is also known as the Run for the Roses. New York sports columnist Bill Corum, who in […]

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02May

Mint Julep is traditional drink of the 2013 Kentucky Derby

By Clairenmike  |  May 2nd, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby  |  139th Kentucky Derby, Bourbon, cantaloupes, Churchill Downs, drink, hats, ice, Kentucky Derby, KY, lemon juice, Louisville, May 4th, melon, mint, Mint Julep, mint juleps. Kentucky Oaks, mint leaves, mint sprigs, peach syrup, Saturday, Southerners, sprig of mint, sugar  |  No Comments

The 139th Kentucky Derby is being run on Saturday, May 4th at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, which means thousands […]

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30Apr

Times for watching the 2013 Kentucky Derby on TV

By Clairenmike  |  April 30th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, 2013 Kentucky Derby prep race, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Prep Races, NBC  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, animal kingdom, Churchill Downs, horse races, horse racing fans, i'll Have Another, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Classics, Kentucky Derby coverage, Kentucky Derby post-position, Kentucky Derby prep races, Kentucky Oaks, Mine That Bird, NBC, NBC Sports, NBCSN  |  No Comments

Good news for horse racing fans who will be at home and will watch the horse races on TV. The […]

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25Apr

Kentucky Derby horse owner searches for Normandy Invasion vets

By Clairenmike  |  April 25th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, ESPN, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, NBC  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Allied Forces, Betsy Porter, Churchill Downs, D-Day invasion, Eight Belles, ESPN horse racing analyst, Fox Hill Farm, Jeannine Edwards, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, May 4, Normandy Invasion, Rick Porter, Soldiers' Angels Germany Blog, surviving vets, thoroughbred horse racing  |  No Comments

We heard about a great story on Soldiers’ Angels Germany Blog. The blogger’s sister is Jeannine Edwards who is an […]

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24Apr

Kevin Krigger hopes it is all Goldencents at Kentucky Derby

By Clairenmike  |  April 24th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby  |  black jockeys, Churchill Downs, Del Mar Race Course, Derby winner, Doug O'Neill, Goldencents, i'll Have Another, Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger, Mario Gutierrez, Marlon St. Julian, Preakness winner, Santa Anita Derby winner, Santa Anita Park, St. Croix, Tom Knust, U.S. Virgin Islands  |  No Comments

Between 1875 and 1902, black jockeys won 15 of the first 28 running’s of the Kentucky Derby. In the 1800’s, […]

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