With their respective wins in Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races at Churchill Downs on June 26, Kentucky-breds Maxfield and Letruska secured berths in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar. In winning the $600,000 Stephen Foster S. (G2), Maxfield earned an automatic berth in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), while Letruska, winner of… Read more
June 29, 2021
Godolphin homebred Essential Quality returned to his winning form on June 5 with an impressive victory in the 153rd Belmont Stakes (G1) a Belmont Park. The win marked the 103rd time that the third leg of the Triple Crown, known as “The Test of a Champion,” has been won by a Kentucky-bred. Last year’s Champion… Read more
June 5, 2021
A talented group of eight Kentucky-breds—featuring last year’s Champion 2-year-Old Male Essential Quality and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Rombauer—will decide the 153rd Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park on June 5. The $1.5 million Belmont Stakes is race 11 on a 13-race stakes-loaded program with a post time of 6:49 p.m. Essential Quality is the… Read more
June 4, 2021
Kentucky-breds dominated the Grade 1 racing action at Santa Anita on Memorial Day with Smooth Like Strait winning the Shoemaker Mile (G1) and earning a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), Country Grammar taking down top prize in the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), and Maxim Rate capturing the Gamely Stakes (G1). Smooth Like Strait,… Read more
June 1, 2021
John and Diane Fradkin’s Kentucky-bred Rombauer rallied strongly in the stretch and pulled away late from fellow Kentucky-bred Midnight Bourbon to win the 146h Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course on May 15. The victory marks the 102nd time that a Kentucky-bred has captured the second jewel in racing’s Triple Crown. Zedan Racing’s Medina… Read more
May 17, 2021
Nine of the 10 runners in the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico May 15, are Kentucky-breds, including leading contenders Concert Tour and Midnight Bourbon. Concert Tour and Midnight Bourbon, along with Ram, Keepmeinmind, Crowded Trade, Rombauer, France Go de Ina, Unbridled Honor, and Risk Taking will try to knock off Kentucky… Read more
May 14, 2021
Kentucky-bred Channel Cat led at every call and fended off race favorite Gufo to win the $700,000 Man o’War Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park on May 8. Ridden by John Velazquez, Channel Cat broke sharply and led the eight-horse field through fast early fractions of :22.60 for the quarter-mile and :47.53 for the half over… Read more
May 10, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 7, 2021 Contact: Chauncey Morris Executive Director, KTA/KTOB (859) 447-5688 cmorris@kta-ktob.com KTA/KTOB Elects Officers and Directors for 2021 LEXINGTON, KY, The Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA) and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders (KTOB) elected Officers and members of the Board of Directors.The Officers of KTA/KTOB serve two-year terms and are voted… Read more
May 7, 2021
Kentucky-breds Gamine and Flagstaff recorded Grade 1 wins on the Kentucky Derby undercard at Churchill Downs on May 1, with Gamine running her rivals off their feet in the Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) and Flagstaff prevailing in a blanket finish in the Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). Despite stumbling at the start, Gamine made short… Read more
May 4, 2021
Kentucky-bred Malathaat remained undefeated in five starts with a determined win over Search Results in the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on April 30. Ridden by John Velazquez for Shadwell Stable—owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum passed away in March— Malathaat rated in behind runners down the backstretch. She ranged into contention around the… Read more
April 30, 2021