Pedigree fun facts

A full field of three-year-old fillies will race 1 1/8 miles in the 150th running of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday at Churchill Downs.

When Marty Wygod passed away just several days after Resilience’s breakout victory in the Wood Memorial (G2), his tale evolved into one of legacy.

Arkansas doesn’t have a professional baseball, basketball, or football team. But the state is major league in one sport: thoroughbred horse racing.

Every jockey dreams of having a mount in the Kentucky Derby (G1), and many of the nation’s top riders have yet to earn a win in the iconic contest.

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The Kentucky Derby was fortunate to have Aristides as its first winner in 1875; his name summed up his character, and foreshadowed the nature of the Kentucky Derby itself.

And so the stage was set for that first Kentucky Derby, on Monday, May 17, 1875, the grand opening of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association, later called Churchill Downs.

"The little red hoss'll keep the books today," McGrath confidently asserted.

Trainer Steve Asmussen's comments on Track Phantom are similar to those of Chris Baccari, who raised the colt for breeder/co-owner Breeze Easy.

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