PHOTO: A rainbow emerged at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2011 – nine days in advance of Kentucky Derby 137. Some onlookers speculated “the pot ‘o gold” landed in the vicinity of Dale Romans’ Barn 4, who has Shackleford in the “Run for the Roses” on the [...] Read More.

LEXINGTON, KY (April 28, 2011) – Barbara Hunter’s homebred Keertana took the lead from pacesetter Honimiere (IRE) inside the eighth pole and won the 50th running of the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch (G3) by 1¼ lengths before a Wednesday afternoon crowd of 10,957 at Keeneland. The victory in the 1½-mile race on a turf course [...] Read More.

BALTIMORE, 04-28-11—Graded stakes winner Baletti ships from Fair Hill Training Center on Saturday to face ten other older runners in the grassy $75,000 Henry S. Clark Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Baletti (2-1) was claimed by Michael Pino out of his most recent start, a victory over optional claimers at Gulfstream Park at Saturday’s one [...] Read More.

LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, April 28, 2011) – Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling recording artist Jordin Sparks will sing the national anthem prior to the 137th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) on Saturday, May 7 at Churchill Downs. Sparks, a 21-year-old native of Phoenix, Ariz., will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” around 5:10 [...] Read More.

Keeneland Barn Notes Thursday, April 28, 2011 The race for Keeneland’s leading jockey title remains too close to call with the final two days of the spring meeting remaining. Jockey Julien Leparoux leads the standings with 17 wins through Wednesday, April 27, three ahead of Alan Garcia and five in front of Javier Castellano. Keeneland [...] Read More.

LEXINGTON, KY (April 28, 2011) – As another exciting Keeneland race meet draws to a close, the Legacy Council of the Markey Cancer Foundation will host a finale concert featuring the popular 80′s cover band the Spazmatics Friday evening on the Clubhouse lawn. [cid:image002.jpg@01CC058A.DC5E3910]Concert on the Lawn, with proceeds to benefit the Markey Cancer Center, [...] Read More.

LOUISVILLE, KY. (Wednesday, April 27, 2011) – Churchill Downs has launched a free Kentucky Derby 137 mobile application for smartphones and tablets that run the iPhone and Android operating systems. The new Kentucky Derby mobile app will allow users to access many interactive features on their mobile devices such as: * Events: A schedule of [...] Read More.

Skyy High Perry, the second fastest qualifier for the $600,000 Sam Houston Futurity (G2) returns to action on Friday, April 29 in trials for the $88,740 John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge. With Jacky Martin riding, Skyy High Perry was bumped out of the gates in the final of the $600,000 Sam Houston Futurity on March [...] Read More.

LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, April 27, 2011) – Thanks to a special partnership among three groups associated with the “Ladies First” theme of Kentucky Oaks Day, a select number of one-day only tickets for Friday, May 6 in Section 125 were put on sale for $74 on Wednesday afternoon. The tickets are available exclusively online on [...] Read More.