Kentucky Oaks: Good Cheer fires a bullet in Churchill work

Kentucky Oaks: Good Cheer fires a bullet in Churchill work

Godolphin’s Good Cheer, the likely favorite for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks, turned in her most serious work to date Thursday morning at Churchill Downs with a five-furlong breeze in a sharp 59.4 seconds, the fastest of 10 at the distance. The undefeated daughter of Medaglia d’Oro hit the track at 7:15 a.m. EDT wearing her usual set of blinkers and partnered with trainer Brad Cox’s longtime exercise rider Edvin Vargas. She began her …

Free Like a Girl being pointed toward rematch with Thorpedo Anna in La Troienne

Free Like a Girl emerged from her runner-up finish in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn last Saturday in good order and is scheduled to make her next start in the La Troienne at Churchill Downs, trainer Chasey Deville-Pomier said Wednesday.

Equibase Standings: Thorpedo Anna Rockets to Third in Earnings After

Thorpedo Anna, the reigning 2024 Horse of the Year, was dominant in her second start of the year, winning the Apple Blossom Handicap last Saturday at Oaklawn Park by 4 ¼ lengths for trainer Kenny McPeek with Read More...