Horse Racing News

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced May 6 that post-race test results from the Longines Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, both Grade 1, were all clear.

Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome made his first appearance on the track at Churchill Downs the morning of May 7 since winning the 140th Run for the Roses.

Joel Rosario, who finished 11th in the Kentucky Derby aboard General a Rod, will have the Preakness Stakes mount aboard Daniel Dougherty's Ride On Curlin in the May 17 race at Pimlico Race Course.

California Chrome has won the 140th Kentucky Derby.

In one of the more dramatic victories of his career, Wise Dan held off a late surge from Juddmonte Farms' Seek Again to post a narrow victory in the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes Saturday, May 3 at Churchill Downs.

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Central Banker, one-for-one at Churchill Downs heading into the $400,000 Churchill Downs Stakes, made it two-for-two with an off-the-pace upset victory in the seven-furlong test May 3.

Confidently handled by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, Glen Hill Farm's Global View reeled in Storming Inti by a measured neck in Saturday's Grade 2, $29

Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman found some reason to cheer as their four-year-old filly Midnight Lucky turned in scintillating effort in the Grade 1, $330,600 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs.

Amerman Racing LLC's homebred Coffee Clique slipped through along the rail to capture Saturday's Grade 2, $336,900 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile.

Trainer Steve Asmussen told NBC Sports Network in a segment aired May 2 that the allegations made against him by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are untrue, and he hopes to have the chance to defend himself in court.