Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It is run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on dirt. The Wood Memorial has been run as a Grade II event since 2017. [1]
With the two scratches, Cyclone Mischief and Santa Anita Derby runner-up Mandarin Hero were added to the race. Also scratched was the Japanese horse Continuar, who was 50-1 on the morning line.
12:15 p.m.: NBC, Churchill Downs extend broadcast partnership. Churchill Downs Incorporated and NBC Sports on Saturday announced an extension of their partnership that will see the Kentucky Derby ...
Churchill Downs 3 May 2024 Kentucky Derby: I $5,000,000 3yo open 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles: Dirt Churchill Downs 4 May 2024 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes: II $569,770 3&up open 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs: Turf Churchill Downs 4 May 2024 Churchill Downs Stakes: I $1,000,000 4&up open 7 furlongs: Dirt Churchill Downs 4 May 2024 Derby City Distaff Stakes: I ...
The inaugural running of the event was the Churchill Downs Handicap took place on the closing day of the Churchill Downs Spring meeting, June 6, 1911, as a three-year-old and over race over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles with five starters and was won by Carlton G. in track record time of 1:51 4 ⁄ 5 under jockey George Taplin for owner and trainer Lon Johnson. [1]
The 149th edition of the Kentucky Derby was marred by pre-race scratches and injuries at Churchill Downs. But the Run for the Roses went ahead with an 18-horse field, with Mage emerging the winner.
Friday marked the week-old spring meet's first day with off conditions on Churchill Downs' upgraded surface installed last year as part of several safety changes that followed last spring’s spate of 12 deaths at the historic track. That total included seven horses in the week leading up to the Kentucky Derby and two on the Derby undercard.
Occasional doubles are offered on important races contested on separate days. The most prominent example is the "Oaks–Derby Double" offered by Churchill Downs, where bettors pick the winners of the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby. [18] The Oaks is run the day before the Derby; the latter is traditionally run on the first Saturday of May.