Blood-Horse

Jockey Jose Ortiz becomes just the ninth jockey to complete a Kentucky Oaks (G1)-Kentucky Derby (G1) double, winning the Derby aboard Golden Tempo and the Oaks with Always a Runner.

When jockey John Velazquez and trainer Todd Pletcher teamed to win the $175,000 Westchester Stakes (G3) with Centennial Farms' Antiquarian it marked the 500th stakes victory for the jockey-trainer combination.

Although only Golden Tempo has the Preakness participation door left open the day after the Kentucky Derby (G1), the Maryland Jockey Club has 16 horses listed as possible. The Preakness can have a maximum field size of 14.

The Churchill Downs crowd held their breath May 2 when Great White reared, fell, and was scratched before the Kentucky Derby (G1). Trainer John Ennis said May 3 that the horse had no issues after and could point to the Preakness Stakes (G1).

Croix du Nord found just enough stamina to win the Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1T) by a nose over extreme longshot Werttemberg.

The first foals of Shinzo, Ozzmosis, Native Trail, King's Gambit, and Hawaii Five Oh will be on offer at this week's Inglis Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside, held May 4-5.

Woodside Park has struck a deal to bring the former Juddmonte-owned Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Laurel River to Australia from Japan's Big Red Farm, presenting Australian breeders a chance to access the Into Mischief bloodline.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux says Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Golden Tempo will return to her base at Keeneland, and a decision on his racing schedule and Preakness Stakes (G1) status won't be made until she assesses his training and condition.

Churchill Downs Inc. officials had predicted that the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1) would set records, and business numbers released after Golden Tempo won the Run for the Roses lived up to that billing.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux makes history as the first female trainer to win the Run for the Roses with Golden Tempo's upset in the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 2 at Churchill Downs.

After becoming the first woman to capture the Kentucky Derby (G1) as a trainer, Cherie DeVaux may be the one who sparks dreams of girls and women thinking about becoming involved in horse racing.

Mondego and Emisael Jaramillo outfinish Flashiest to prevail by a half-length in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) for older horses going 1 1/4 miles May 2 at Santa Anita Park.

Gary Barber, Cheyenne Stable, and Wachtel Stable's Rhetorical tallies a front-end score in the Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs under Irad Ortiz Jr., drawing off to win by 3 1/4 lengths.

Stark Contrast skips the Kentucky Derby (G1) and stays on the grass, leading him to a win in the American Turf Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Japanese shipper T O Elvis outruns his American counterparts in scoring a decisive victory in the Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) on the Kentucky Derby (G1) undercard May 2.

In a battle of unbeaten colts making their stakes debuts, Crude Velocity overpowers Englishman to take the $741,330 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) May 2 at Churchill Downs in stakes record time.

Facing a field featuring a solid if not top-level proven slate of contenders, Classic Q ended her streak of futility in graded stakes when she bested Portfolio Duration by a neck to annex the $976,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T).

St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker, and Vicarage Stable's Deterministic repeats in the May 2 Fort Marcy Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Yellow Card stole the spotlight May 2 at Churchill Downs, digging deep to win the $594,600 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T) in a time of 1:02.20 for the 5 1/2 furlongs on turf.

R Disaster pulls a gate-to-wire upset in the May 2 Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs, defeating favored grade 1 winners Splendora and Way and Means.