Churchill Downs

09Jul

1970 Derby Winner Dust Commander honored at Kentucky Derby Museum

By Clairenmike  |  July 9th, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Uncategorized  |  1970 Kentucky Derby, 1975 Preakness winner Master Derby, Brokers Tip, Carry Back, Cristal Dungan, Derby winning trainer, Don Combs, Dust Commander, Gainesway Farm, Golden Chance Farm, Hardy Dungan, jockey, Kentucky Derby Museum, KY, Lynn Ashton, Mike Manganello, owner, Paris, Run Dusty Run, Springland Farm, Sunny's Halo, Swaps, Thoroughbred Breeders Museum, Verna Lehmann, Woodline Farm  |  No Comments

On Monday, July 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM, connections of the 1970 Kentucky Derby gathered in the Kentucky Derby Museum’s […]

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07Jun

Almost Triple Crown Winners

By Clairenmike  |  June 7th, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown  |  Afleet Alex, Alysheba, Belmar, Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Big Brown, Bimelech, Bold Forbes, Bold Venture, Burgoo King, Canonero II, Capot, Carry Back, Charismatic, Chateaugay, Churchill Downs, Cloverbrook, Damascus, Duke of Magenta, Forward Pass, Funny Cide, Gallop to Glory, Grenada, Hansel, Ira Hanford, Johnstown, Kauai King, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, Little Current, Lousiville, Majestic Prince, Man o' War, Middleground, Nashua, Native Dancer, Needles, Northern Dancer, Pensive, Pillory, Pimlico, Pleasant Colony, Point Given, Preakness Stakes, Real Quiet, Risen Star, Riva Ridge, Saunterer, Shut Out, Silver Charm, Smarty Jones, Spectacular Bid, Sunday Silence, Swale, Tabasco Cat, Thunder Gulch, Tim Tam, Triple Crown, Twenty Grand, War Emblem, Zev  |  No Comments

The saga continues of the almost Triple Crown winning horses. Forty-six horses have won two legs of the Triple Crown. […]

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30May

2013 Belmont Stakes possible entries

By Clairenmike  |  May 30th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, 2013 Kentucky Oaks, Churchill Downs, Uncategorized  |  2013 Belmont Stakes, 2013 Kentucky Derby, 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Always in a Tiz, Anthony Dutrow, Arkansas Derby, August Belmont, Belmont Park, Bob Baffert, Churchill Downs, Code West, D. Wayne Lukas, Dallas Stewart, David Cohen, Derby winner, Dominick Schettino, Elmont NY, final leg of the Triple Crown, Freedom Child, Gary Stevens, Giant Finish, Golden Soul, horse, Javier Castellano, jockey, Joel Rosario, Jon Court, Kentucky Oaks, Luis Saez, Midnight Taboo, Mike Smith, Orb, Overanalyze, Oxbow, Palace Malice, Power Broker, Preakness Stakes, race, Revolutionary, Robby Albarado, Rosie Napravnik, Saturday June 8, Shug McGaughey, The Belmont Stakes, Thomas Albertrani, Todd Pletcher, trainer, Unlimited Budget, Will Take Charge  |  No Comments

Right now, the field for the 2013 Belmont Stakes is starting to take shape.  While there will be many changes, […]

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21May

D. Wayne Lukas in the game with 2013 Preakness Stakes win

By Clairenmike  |  May 21st, 2013  |  Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, NBC, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown  |  138th Preakness, Awesome Again, Baltimore, Belmont Stakes, Bob Baffert, Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Calumet, Charismatic, Churchill Downs, Codex, D. Wayne Lukas, Dallas Stewart, Govenor Charlie, Hall of Fame, HRTV, jockey Gary Stevens, Kiaran McLaughlin, legendary Calumet Farm, Mark Hennig, NBC, Oxbow, Point Given, Preakness winner, Silver Charm, Tabasco Cat, Tank’s Prospect, thoroughbred racing, Timber Country, Todd Pletcher, trainer, Triple Crown, TV analyst  |  No Comments

Everyone knew his name in acing – D. Wayne Lukas was on a roll back in the 1980’s and ‘90s. […]

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18May

The 2013 Preakness Stakes and the trophy – The Woodlawn Vase

By Clairenmike  |  May 18th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes  |  2013 Preakness Stakes, 5. Mylute, A. G. Vanderbilt, Al Stall Jr, Baltimore Museum of Art, Bob Baffert, Brad Kelly, Brian Hernandez Jr, Calumet Farm, Claiborne Farm, D. Wayne Lukas, Departing, Doug O'Neill, Eddie Plesa Jr, g Preakness owner, Gary Stevens, Goldencents, Govenor Charlie, Itsmyluckyday, jockey, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez, Julien Leparoux, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, Kevin Krigger, Martin Garcia, Mike Smith, Native Dancer, Orb, Oxbow, Pimlico, post-position draw, Preakness, Preakness Stakes, Rosecrest Farm, Rosie Napravnik, Santa Anita Derby, Shug McGaughey, Tiffany and Company, Titletown Five, Tom Amoss, trainer, Triple Crown, Will Take Charge, Woodlawn Racing Association, Woodlawn Vase  |  No Comments

The 2013 Preakness Stakes post-position draw had only 9 horses entered out of a possible 14. Six horses that ran […]

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15May

2013 Preakness Stakes TV coverage on NBC and NBC Sports

By Clairenmike  |  May 15th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, NBC, Preakness Stakes  |  138th Preakness Stakes, 2013 Kentucky Derby, 2013 Preakness Stakes, Black Eyed Susan Stakes, Bob Costas, Bob Neumeier, Churchill Downs, Derby winner Orb, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, Mike Battaglia, NBC, NBC handicappers, NBC Sports, NBC Sports Network, Orb, Pimlico, Preakness Classics, Shug McGaughey, Tom Hammond, trainer, Triple Crown  |  No Comments

With the 2013 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs generating strong ratings, NBC plans 6 1/2 hours of 2013 Preakness Stakes […]

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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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