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The Kentucky-Bred Champions Awards Luncheon Postponed Due to National Emergency Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders’ (KTOB) Announces 2019 Kentucky-Bred Champions, Merit Award Winners and KTDF Leaders Lexington, KY – Due to concern and caution in containing the spread of COVID-19, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders’ annual Kentucky-Bred Champions Awards Luncheon scheduled to be held… Read more

Maximum Security’s victory over Midnight Bisou led a one-two finish in Saturday’s $20 million Saudi Cup, the world’s richest race at King Abdulaziz racetrack…

Kentucky-bred Mozu Ascot became the first horse to earn an automatic berth into this year’s Breeder’s Cup Classic (G1) with a rousing victory in the $2 million February S. (G1) Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse…

All six graded stakes on Saturday’s Gulfstream card, topped by Mucho Gusto’s dominant win in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1), went to Kentucky-bred horses…

Led by Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar, Kentucky-breds won top honors in 10 of the 11 equine racing categories at the Jan. 23 Eclipse Awards held at Gulfstream Park…

As the decade winds to a close, The KTA would like to congratulate breeders all across the Commonwealth who helped bring unparalleled success to the Kentucky breeding program over the past 10 years…

Kentucky-bred Tom’s d’Etat wrapped up 2019 as racing’s newest millionaire with his 3 1/4-length victory in the $600,000 Clark H. (G1)…

With his scintillating win in Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park, Vino Rosso became the sixth consecutive winner of the race to be bred in Kentucky…

The 2019 Breeders’ Cup kicked off Friday with five 2-year-old races, with Kentucky-breds taking four of the five events, winning both dirt events and two of three on the turf…

The 2019 Breeders’ Cup entries were drawn late Monday with a total of 100 Kentucky-bred horses among the 159 horses drawn into the body of the 14 races to be run over Nov. 1-2. While most of the races have a majority of horses from the Bluegrass State, the $2 million Juvenile’s (G1) field of… Read more