Horse Racing News is the source of thoroughbred racing information with horse racing odds, betting tips, racing picks, race results, and handicapping. Latest news and articles on top horse racing contenders, jockeys, trainers, three-year-olds, race tracks, and major stakes races such as the Triple Crown races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes as well as the Breeders' Cup horse races.Tale of Ekati Prepares For The 2008 Kentucky Derby at Keeneland
Posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Tale of Ekati, one of the 2008 Kentucky Derby contenders and who is owned by Charles Fipke, worked 5 furlongs in 1:00.20 at Keeneland on Wednesday morning, turning in the second-fastest of 11 other works at the distance.
Horse trainer Barclay Tagg plans to ship Tale of Ekati and stablemate Big Truck to Churchill Downs on Saturday, April 26.
Tale of Ekati’s final breeze before the 2008 Kentucky Derby is slated for Tuesday. Tale of Ekati also won the Futurity Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park, home of the 2008 Belmont Stakes, last year.
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Big Truck, Tale of Ekati & Other Kentucky Derby Contenders Work at Keeneland
Posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Eric Fein’s 2008 Kentucky Derby contender, Big Truck, worked a half-mile in :48.80 at Keeneland on Tuesday. Horse trainer Barclay Tagg described the move as a “maintenance work,” which he said he generally gives his horses 10 days after their race. Big Truck finished 11th in the Toyota Blue Grass (G1) on April 12 in his last start.
Big Truck currently ranks 19th on the 2008 Kentucky Derby (G1) graded stakes earnings list with $194,500.
Another one of horse trainer Barclay Tagg’s Kentucky Derby entries, Charles Fipke’s Tale of Ekati, is slated to work five-eighths on Wednesday at Keeneland.
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Behindatthebar Wins Coolmore Lexington Stakes April 19 at Keeneland
Posted on Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Behindatthebar thrust himself into the 2008 Kentucky Derby (G1) picture Saturday at Keeneland with a come-from-behind victory in the $325,000 Coolmore Lexington Stakes (G2).
The winner also gave trainer Todd Pletcher another prospect for the Kentucky Derby to be run in two weeks at Churchill Downs. The Pletcher trained Monba and Cowboy Cal finished first and second, respectively, in last week’s $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
The victory improved Behindatthebar’s record to three wins in five starts and increased his career earnings to $277,100. His earnings in graded races–$204,500—rank him in the top 20 among the prospective 2008 Kentucky Derby starters.
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Coolmore Lexington Stakes April 19 at Keeneland Draws 11
Posted on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Southern Equine Stable’s Salute the Sarge, a dual graded stakes winner, heads a field of 11 entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 27th running of the $325,000 Coolmore Lexington Stakes (G2) for three-year-olds going a mile and a sixteenth on Keeneland’s main track.
With a distance of 1 1/16 miles, the Coolmore Lexington Stakes is the final 2008 Kentucky Derby prep race to be held at Keeneland. The field for Saturday’s Coolmore Lexington Stakes, from the rail out, is as follows:
Atoned under jockey Edgar Prado carries 117 lbs.- Salute the Sarge under jockey Michael Baze, 117 lbs.
- Samba Rooster under jockey Garrett Gomez, 117 lbs.
- St. Joe under jockey Miguel Mena, 117 lbs.
- Racecar Rhapsody under jockey Robby Albarado, 117 lbs.
- Felon under jockey Julien Leparoux, 117 lbs.
- Behindatthebar under jockey David Flores, 117 lbs.
- Tomcito under jockey Jorge Chavez, 123 lbs.
- Big Glen under jockey Rene Douglas, 119 lbs.
- Riley Tucker under jockey John Velazquez, 117 lbs.
- Red Sandy under jockey Jamie Theriot II, 117 lbs.
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Tomcito Preparing for Coolmore Lexington Stakes at Keeneland April 19
Posted on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Jet Set Racing Stable’s Tomcito, preparing for Saturday’s $325,000 Coolmore Lexington (G2), one of the last prep races for the 2008 Kentucky Derby, worked three furlongs out of the gate in :34.60 and galloped out a half-mile in :46.80 with Manfreddy Guzman up Tuesday morning at Keeneland.
Tuesday’s work was the second for Tomcito in Kentucky since arriving after his third-place finish in the Florida Derby. Tomcito worked five furlongs in 1:01.40 at Churchill Downs on April 9 as Zanelli wanted to give the son of Street Cry (IRE) a drill over the track for the Kentucky Derby (G1).
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Todd Pletcher’s Monba, Cowboy Cal 1-2 in Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland
Posted on Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Monba won the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) Saturday, April 12, at Keeneland and earned a trip to the 2008 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) in three weeks at Churchill Downs.
Monba was the 8-1 fourth choice in Keeneland’s Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and paid $19.60, $8.60 and $6.60. He improved his record to three wins in five starts and increased his lifetime earnings to $577,534, of which $515,000 has come in graded stakes.
Cowboy Cal took the lead soon after the start under John Velazquez and held on stubbornly to finish second and increase his graded stakes earnings to $207,660. The winner of the Tropical Park Derby (gr. III) on the turf in January paid $8.80 and $6.60.
Ridden by Jamie Theriot, Kentucky Bear, a 27-1 outsider who was making only his third career start, was another 1 1/4 lengths back in third and paid $8.20.
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Pyro & Cool Coal Man To Race in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 12
Posted on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Pyro and Robert LaPenta’s Cool Coal Man, leading 2008 Kentucky Derby contenders, head a field of 12 horses in Saturday’s $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
The 1 1/8-mile Toyota Blue Grass Stakes is one of the final major preps on the spring calendar for the May 3, 2008 Kentucky Derby (G1).
The complete field of Keeneland’s Toyta Blue Grass Stakes in post position order is as follows (all will carry 123 pounds):
- Cool Coal Man under jockey Kent Desormeaux
- Kentucky Bear under jockey Jamie Theriot
- Cowboy Cal under jockey John Velazquez
- Stevil under jockey Rafael Bejarano
- Monba under jockey Edgar Prado
- Big Truck under jockey Eibar Coa
- Pyro under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan
- Stone Bird under jockey Corey Lanerie
- Medjool under jockey Michael Baze
- Miner’s Claim under jockey Patrick Husbands
- Halo Najib under jockey Garrett Gomez
- Visionaire under jockey Jose Lezcano
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