Kentucky Derby 2023: Extra Añejo recovers from surgery

The odds of a Bob Baffert-trained horse winning the Triple Crown reportedly took a significant hit this week when the owners of several talented colts missed a key deadline. The owners failed to transfer the horses from Baffert's barn by Monday's deadline, according to the Los Angeles Times, a move required by Churchill Downs for entry into…

Gold Square LLC's Drum Roll Please (Hard Spun), an individual betting interest in this weekend's Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3, was injured in a Friday workout and has been removed from the Triple Crown trail. Daily Racing Form was the first with the news. Winner of the Jan. 6 Jerome S. under jockey Javier Castellano for trainer Brad Cox, Drum…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Fans will have their second of six opportunities to bet on the 150thrunning of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) Thursday-Sunday where Repole Stable's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) winner Fierceness was made the 15-1 individual betting favorite while the pari-mutuel field of "All Other 3-Year-Old Colts and…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Horses Based in Louisville Ready For Trip to Santa Anita & Breeders' Cup World Championships (Saudi Crown / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: LOCAL BREEDERS' CUP CONTENDERS READY TO SHIP TO CALIFORNIA FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS A total of 22 Breeders' Cup pre-entrants based at Churchill Downs…

2023 Kentucky Derby champ Mage (outside) will go for the BC Classic. (Daniella Ricci/Past The Wire) Darren Rogers/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Churchill Downs will simulcast the Breeders' Cup World Championships from Santa Anita on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4. A simulcast of the 10-race "Future Stars Friday" card from Santa Anita will…

Red Route One breaks his maiden Sep. 5, 2022, at Kentucky Downs (Coady Photography) Kentucky Downs Press Release FRANKLIN, Ky.- Sunday's Grade 3 West Virginia Derby winner Red Route One is expected to make his next start in the $1 million National Thoroughbred League Dueling Grounds Derby on Sept. 3 at the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs. In this…

Forte in a work Saturday at Churchill Downs. (JennyPhoto/Past The Wire) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE, Md. - Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's champion Forte remains a strong favorite in the inaugural Preakness Future Wager following the close of Sunday's live racing in Maryland. A total of $84651 was in the win pool at the…

Ultimate Gamble in a work at Santa Anita. (Ernie Belmonte) Stable Notes By Victor Ryan ARCADIA, Calif.-Adding intrigue to Saturday's nine-race card, which is highlighted by the Grade II, $200000 Royal Heroine on turf, is the return of $1.7-million auction buy Ultimate Gamble in a one-mile maiden race on the main track for trainer Mark…

With recently crowned champion 3-year-old Epicenter (Not This Time) off to begin his career at stud at Ashford, the team behind the popular GI Runhappy Travers S. winner have some highly regarded reinforcements on the way. Disarm (c, 3, Gun Runner -Easy Tap, by Tapit), off since earning his'TDN Rising Star' badge in runaway fashion at second asking…

Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella can add to his record number of wins in the Malibu Stakes when he sends out the speedy Forbidden Kingdom in the 2022 Malibu Stakes on Monday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The 72-year-old Mandella has won the Malibu six times, most recently in 2019 with Omaha Beach. He goes for No. 7 with two-time Grade…

With the Kentucky Derby still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of "All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2020 Foal Crop" closed as the odds-on 4-5 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) winner Forte was the 10-1 second choice. Other horses who attracted mild interest from bettors: maiden…

With the Kentucky Derby still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of "All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2020 Foal Crop" closed as the odds-on 4-5 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) winner Forte was the 10-1 second choice. Other horses who attracted mild interest from bettors: maiden…

With the Kentucky Derby 2023 still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of all other colts and geldings from the 2020 foal crop closed as the odds-on, 4-5 favorite, and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Forte was the 10-1 second choice Sunday night in pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Others who attracted mild interest from bettors included…

The mutuel field of " All other three-year-old colts and geldings " closed as the 4-5 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) conducted over Thanksgiving weekend. Likewise, the " All other sires " option proved the popular choice at 5-1 in the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager that ran concurrently from Thursday through Sunday…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Curly Jack May Set Them Straight In G2 KY Jockey Club (Curly Jack / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Michael McLaughlin's $300000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) winner Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday's 96 running of the $400000 Kentucky…

KY Derby Advance Wager #2 To Be Offered This Week (Forte / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Fans will have their second of six opportunities to bet on the 149 running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) Thursday-Sunday where Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI)…

CaveRock went into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile with the best speed numbers. Fortecame out of it with the victory. Two days after they raced at Keeneland,neither was the Nevada futures favorite for Kentucky Derby 2023. Instead, it wasa Bob Baffert colt who won a maiden race on the Breeders' Cup Saturday undercard. Arabian Knight, who won Saturday's…

Trainer Bob Baffert can add to his record number of wins by a trainer when he sends out Taiba in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. The 69-year-old Baffert has won the race four times, most recently with Authentic in the 2020 Classic, which also was held at Keeneland. No other trainer has won the Breeders' Cup…

Six months in advance of the 2023 Kentucky Derby, the pari-mutuel field of "all other colts and geldings" closed as the odds-on 4-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, and impressive debut winner Extra Añejo was the 12-1 second choice. Extra Añejo, a fast 9 1/2-length winner of a maiden special weight at Keeneland on Oct. 13 for…

Six months in advance of Kentucky Derby 149, the pari-mutuel field of "All Other Colts and Geldings" closed as the odds-on 4-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and impressive debut winner Extra Anejo was the 12-1 second choice. Extra Anejo, a fast 9 ½-length winner of a maiden special weight at Keeneland on Oct. 13 for…

Longshot Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will try to pull off another shocking upset when he leaves the starting gate in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. Six months ago, Rich Strike became the second biggest longshot to win the Kentucky Derby when he crossed the finish line at 80-1 odds. Since then, he is…

Live Racing Returns to Churchill Downs on Sunday for 19-Day Fall Meet (Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open its 133 Fall Meet with an 11-race program - all for promising…

If the 2022 Kentucky Derby was run today, Corniche and Jack Christopher, provided they were healthy and made the starting field, would be your post-time favorites. Right now, nearly five months from the next Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs, those two colts stand alone atop the list of contenders, followed by some talented colts who have every…

If you think that Johnny Avello at the Wynn Las Vegas would feel threatened by the competition of the Breeders' Cup Future Wager being put together by the Breeders' Cup itself, you don't know how Johnny Avello got to be this town's best bookmaker for horse racing. "I think it's a good idea," he said. "I like it. I'm glad they've started…

As times change, even a two-time Triple Crown-winning, Hall of Fame trainer has to adjust. In an era when horses are racing less and less, Bob Baffert looks like he is not only ahead of the curve, but he is leading the vanguard. This goes way beyond what he did with Justify in a gaudy, 112-day dash from apprenticeship to retirement. Very quietly,…