Ian Wilkes Talks Burnham Square Ahead of Blue Grass
Trainer Ian Wilkes discusses Blue Grass Stakes (G1) entrant and Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Burnham Square, who trained April 7 at Churchill Downs.
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Trainer Ian Wilkes discusses Blue Grass Stakes (G1) entrant and Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Burnham Square, who trained April 7 at Churchill Downs.
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In a surprise visit to Ocala, Fla., April 17, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a crowd at Ocala Breeders’ Sales that he did not support existing legislation to allow decoupling, which is the elimination of an existing requirement to conduct live Thoroughbred racing in order to operate slots machines and card rooms. The industry is opposed…
A new chapter in equine science and research is underway as the University of Kentucky announces the transition of its Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory to new ownership under Eagle Diagnostics. Now operating as Equine Integrity and Anti-doping Sciences Labs, the facility will continue to serve as a leader in anti-doping testing for the equine and competition animal…
Local hope Pay Billy could be onto the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) after scoring a workmanlike victory in the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes April 19 at Laurel Park. By capturing the Federico Tesio, Pay Billy earned automatic entrance into the second jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course. The 2-1 favorite off an easy…
Lea Farms’ 5-year-old multiple graded-stakes winner Super Chow recorded his final breeze March 19 at Gulfstream Park ahead of a scheduled start in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) April 5 at Meydan Racecourse. Last out winner of the listed Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes Feb. 22, his eighth career stakes victory, Super Chow was…
April 10, 2025 11:06 AM 4:48 The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series serves the “Win and You’re In” program for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Dora Delgado of Breeders’ Cup describes the evolution of the Challenge Series, the additions of the Dirt Dozen, and the international impact of the series….
The odds are good that Irving Moncada will have his own cheering sections when he rides at Keeneland. The apprentice jockey grew up in Lexington and is a 2019 graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School just 3 miles from the track. “As a local kid who went to school just down the road, my…