Long shots worth using on Churchill's claiming crown card

Churchill Downs Set To Open 21-Day November Meet This Sunday (Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: RACING RETURNS TO CHURCHILL DOWNS SUNDAY AT 1 P.M. FOR 21-DAY FALL MEET Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Gaffalione Off to Fast Start (Jockey Tyler Gaffalione / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: GAFFALIONE OFF TO FAST START AT CHURCHILL DOWNS SEPTEMBER MEET Nine-time Churchill Downs leading rider Tyler Gaffalione was off to a hot start at the September Meet where he's already recorded 12 winners…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Cox Always Hunting for KY Derby Contenders (Gettysburg Address / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: COX'ALWAYS THINKING DERBY' AS ROAD TO KENTUCKY DERBY 150 BEGINS SATURDAY Brad Cox regularly states that he always thinks about the Kentucky Derby from his Barn 22 at Churchill Downs. His path to the…

Churchill Downs Announces September Stakes Schedule (Churchill Downs / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team / Darren Rogers: A dozen stakes cumulatively worth a record $3775000 will be offered during the 14-day September Meet at Churchill Downs, which runs Sept. 14-Oct. 1 (pending Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund final…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - The trainer of two horses that collapsed and died in separate race incidents on the first two days of Churchill Downs spring meet says he's searching for answers. Saffie Joseph Jr. had one entry scheduled to run on Wednesday's "Champions Day" Derby Week race card at Churchill Downs, but his 3-year-old filly Accomplished…

Churchill Downs Releases "Official Logos" for 2023 KY Derby & KY Oaks From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Churchill Downs Racetrack has unveiled the official logo for the 149 running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, and the event mark pays homage to a notable anniversary and salutes the victors of one of the most incredibly…

Notes & Quotes From the Claiming Crown Jewel (& More): Keystone Field (Keystone Field / All Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Keystone Field, owned by Kirk Wycoff's Three Diamonds Farm, swept past early leaders Benevengo and Frosted Grace leaving the final turn and determinedly turned back a late charge by 2-1…

Keystone Field, owned by Kirk Wycoff's Three Diamonds Farm, swept past early leaders Benevengo and Frosted Grace leaving the final turn and determinedly turned back a late charge by 2-1 favorite Intrepid Heart to win Saturday's $199875 Claiming Crown Jewel at Churchill Downs - the most lucrative of eight starter allowance races for the nation's top…

Keystone Field swept past early leaders Benevengo and Frosted Grace leaving the final turn and determinedly turned back a late charge by 2-1 favorite Intrepid Heart to win Saturday's $199875 Claiming Crown Jewel at Churchill Downs by a half-length. The Jewel, a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up that raced for a claiming price of $35000 or less…

Beverly Park wins a starter allowance June 18 at Churchill Downs (Coady Photography) Kentucky HBPA Press Release LOUISVILLE, Ky.- For those lamenting that horses today don't run enough, meet Beverly Park. If ever there was a horse that the Claiming Crown was meant to showcase it's the 5-year-old Beverly Park, who runs in the $100000 Claiming Crown…

For those lamenting that horses today don't run enough, meet Beverly Park. If ever there was a horse that the Claiming Crown was meant to showcase it's the 5-year-old Beverly Park, who runs in the $100000 Claiming Crown Ready's Rocket Express in Saturday's eighth race at Churchill Downs. Blue collar? Check. Work horse? Check. Helping to fill…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Sconsin Returns in Sunday's Dream Supreme Stakes (Sconsin / Photos by Coady Photography) From the Churhcill Downs Media Team: Lloyd Madison Farm's growing broodmare band will add another member to their roster with their homebred Sconsin, who has a date with 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner in a few months. The…

Now that the Breeders' Cup is over, hard-knocking claiming horses will have their day in the spotlight at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The claiming crown gives them the opportunity to compete in various divisions on both turf and dirt. Handicapper Sara Elbadwi discusses two long shots worth considering on the card in this week's Outrun the Odds…

One week after racing's biggest stars contested the Breeders' Cup, the sport's hard knockers are featured Saturday under the Twin Spires. Intrepid Heart is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the 2022 running of the $175000 Claiming Crown Jewel. Post time from Churchill Downs is 5:35 p.m. EST, with the race shown on FS2. The Claiming Crown features…

Set Piece Is Set to Return to Churchill Downs in Sunday's G3 River City (Set Piece / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Juddmonte's multiple graded stakes winner Set Piece (GB) leads an oversubscribed cast of 14 horses that were entered in Sunday's $300000 River City (Grade III) at Churchill Downs. Sunday's featured…

KY HBPA Interviews: "Claiming Crown" Coming to Churhcill Downs This Saturday From the KY HBPA Media Team / Jennie Rees: The Claiming Crown was created 24 years ago to serve as a Breeders' Cup-style event celebrating the blue-collar horses that populate most of America's racing programs. With the eight-race series coming to Churchill Downs for the…

There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. A total of 95 of some of the nation's top claiming-level horses, including seven also-eligible entries, have been entered in Saturday's 24 annual Claiming Crown Championship Series, which will be staged beneath Churchill Downs' historic Twin Spires in Louisville, Ky. for…

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…

Churchill Downs Ready To Pop Gate on September Meet (Set Piece gets a morning bath at Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Horse racing on the Kentucky circuit shifts to Churchill Downs on Thursday, Sept. 15 with the first of three Twilight Thursday programs at 5 p.m. (all times Eastern) as the famed…

Trainer Chad Brown has been on a cold streak at the Kentucky Downs meet, and there is a simple explanation why. It seems that he either underestimated the level of competition and sent his "B" team to Franklin, or he understood the levels and sent the "B" team anyway. For example, take a closer inspection at the horses Brown lost with at Kentucky…

Churchill Downs, Ellis Park To Offer Two-Day Pick Six Betting Option (Churchill Downs / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: A special two-day $1 Pick 6 including stakes races from Churchill Downs and Ellis Park highlights Saturday's Arlington Million Day wagering menu at Churchill Downs. Billed as the "Bluegrass Pick 6," the…

Back after a one-year hiatus and relocated from suburban Chicago to Churchill Downs, Saturday's Grade 1 Arlington Million will have an eerie feel. It's like seeing Joe Namath in a Los Angeles Rams jersey or Hakeem Olajuwon playing for the Toronto Raptors at the end of their careers. This American turf icon moves in front of America's most iconic…

The picks are IN for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 7, 2022. With Bob Baffert suspended from Churchill Downs, will this year's most exciting two minutes in sports end with a major upset? This 28-page Inside Track to the Kentucky Derby combines some of the best…

The post position draw sponsored by Twinspires for the 2020 Kentucky Derby was Tuesday morning from Churchill Downs, and the Sept. 5 race has another record to review. Tiz the Law, winner of six of his seven starts, is the shortest-priced morning line favorite since 1989 when Easy Goer (4/5) finished second on a muddy track to winner Sunday…