Doubles, Pick 3s at Emerald Downs to Have 10% Takeout
Emerald Downs has announced industry-low takeouts on both daily doubles and pick 3s throughout its 52-day season that begins May 6 and continues through Sept. 17.
Emerald Downs has announced industry-low takeouts on both daily doubles and pick 3s throughout its 52-day season that begins May 6 and continues through Sept. 17.
Shantisara, who broke the million-dollar earnings threshold last time out for trainer Chad Brown, headlines a field of nine fillies and mares 4-years-old and up in the May 5 $300,000 Modesty Stakes (G3T) over Churchill Downs' Matt Winn Turf Course.
The formidable Brown trio of Liguria, Preliminary, and Revalita take on the top three finishers of last month's Appalachian Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland, including the gutsy winner, the Mark Casse-trained Papilio, in the May 5 Edgewood Stakes (G2T).
Louisiana Downs will kick off its 2023 Thoroughbred racing season on Saturday, May 6. Opening day will feature seven live races beginning at 2:05 p.m. CT and the simulcast of the 149th Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs.
Take a look at the full field for the 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) including works and their post positions.
Belleza de Arteaga overtook favored Super Shine May 1 to win the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Criadores (G1). With this victory, the 5-year-old mare earned an automatic starting position through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In
Anthony Stabile and Richard Migliore look back at the results of the Saturday's Roxelana Stakes at Churchill Downs and the Bachelor Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Co-owner details the colt's work leading into the Kentucky Derby (G1)
Though New Mexico-based trainer Todd Fincher's Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender Flying Connection may be 'flying' under the radar compared with her highly touted competitors, it is hard to miss the daughter of Nyquist in the mornings at Churchill Downs.