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Saudi Crown set an honest pace and was able to hold off a furious charge from 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan to win the Lake Ouachita Stakes May 3 at Oaklawn Park.View the full article

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled the remainder of its May 3 card after an extended weather delay.View the full article

The son of leading sire Into Mischief is owned and bred by Godolphin, which won its first Kentucky Derby (G1), and trained by Bill Mott, who won his second Derby. He won with Country House in 2019.View the full article

Just a nose separated SAUDI CROWN (c, 4, Always Dreaming–New Narration, by Tapit) from last year's GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents) on the wire in a thrilling stretch duel for Saturday's Lake Ouachita Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The rail-drawn grey lead from the jump with Mystik Dan tracking him every step of the way from second and while Saudi Crown got first jump heading into the lane, the Derby winner showed up with a game effort to push that rival to the wire. Lifetime Record: 15-7-3-1. O-FMQ Stables; B-CHC Inc.; T-Brad H. Cox. Sales History:$45,000 ylg '21 KEEJAN, $240,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR. The post Saudi Crown Denies Mystik Dan In Oaklawn Thriller appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Let go at odds of 7.98-1 despite a resume that screamed potential GI Kentucky Derby winner, Godolphin homebred SOVEREIGNTY (c, 3, Into Mischief–Crowned, by Street Sense) tracked favored Journalism (Curlin) into the long Churchill Downs stretch, drew alongside entering the final furlong and inched away in the final yards to give the far-flung Godolphin operation its first-ever victory in the Run for the Roses. It is a third Kentucky Derby winner for the all-conquering Into Mischief in the last five years, joining Authentic and Mandaloun and is the second Derby winner for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott following on from the promoted Country House. Junior Alvarado, just three weeks removed from an injury-enforced absence, was piloting his first Kentucky Derby winner. Sovereignty continues a magical weekend for Godolphin, whose homebred filly Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro) took out Friday's GI Kentucky Oaks while Ruling Court (Justify) struck in the G1 Betfred 2000 Guineas at Newmarket early Saturday morning. This space will be updated SOVEREIGNTY WINS THE KENTUCKY DERBY! Bill Mott trains and @JuniorandKellyA was aboard for @godolphin! pic.twitter.com/wOzqOFVRkb — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) May 3, 2025 The post ‘Good’-olhpin! Sovereignty Completes Oaks/Derby Double For Sheikh Mohammed appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Rider Penalties C Barnes | Woodville-Pahiatua 30 April; medical clearance required. B Oliver | Woodville-Pahiatua 30 April; medical clearance required. A Balloo | Canterbury 1 May; use of whip; suspended 4-14 May inclusive. R Elliot | Waikato 3 May; use of whip; fined $300. N Parmar | Waikato 3 May; medical clearance required. S Wynne | Canterbury 3 May; use of whip; suspended 26 May – 8 June inclusive. T Davies | Canterbury 3 May; use of whip; fined $300. L Hemi | Canterbury 3 May; use of whip; fined $300. A Riddell | Canterbury 3 May; use of whip; fined $250. Trainer Penalties B Kennedy | Waikato 3 May; late rider notification; fined $100. P Gerard | Waikato 3 May; late rider notification; fined $50. A Forsman | Waikato 3 May; late rider notification; fined $50. H Wynyard | Waikato 3 May; late rider notification; fined $50. T Pike | Waikato 3 May; incorrect gear; fined $50. Horse Penalties FLYING ANGEL | Woodville-Pahiatua 30 April; late scratching after failing to parade to start; must complete trial. TUKITUKI | Woodville-Pahiatua 30 April; reared at start dislodging rider; must complete trial. PONZI PONY | Canterbury 1 May; late scratching with a tendon injury; veterinary clearance required. CHILL FACTOR | Waikato 3 May; cardiac arrhythmia; veterinary clearance required. LE ROGIER | Canterbury 3 May; late scratching after failing to load; must complete trial. General The Canterbury JC meeting of 1 May was abandoned following Race 5 due to the weather conditions. The post 28 April – 4 May 2025 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

Kopion pulled away midstretch to claim victory in the $999,600 Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs. The daughter of Omaha Beach is owned by Spendthrift Farm and trained by Richard Mandella.View the full article

Having won her first two starts by a combined 17 3/4 lengths before a third in the Likely Exchange Stakes, the daughter of French group 1 winner Siyouni got back on track May 3 with a 5 1/2-length victory.View the full article

From his nine previous rides on the veteran New York-bred SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (g, 6, Medaglia d'Oro–Khancord Kid, by Lemon Drop Kid), jockey Manny Franco had posted an enviable record of seven wins and two second-place efforts, one of those defeats coming by a flared nostril. With Tyler Gaffalione–who rode the gelding to victory in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf two starts back–sidelined via injury, Franco rekindled his relationship with the Chad Brown galloper in Saturday's GI Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic and the partnership's 10th trip to the races resulted in their biggest score to date on one of the biggest stages in horse racing. “We get along really well, I think he likes me,” Franco told Churchill's Kaitlin Free before heading off to change into the Godolphin blue for the Derby ride aboard East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro). Favored at 31-10, the $280,000 Keeneland April Horses of Racing Age Sale graduate left fairly from barrier 10 in the 11-horse field and raced at the tail of the field, three deep out of the stretch with cover on the back of Cameo Performance (Oscar Performance). Snugly held as they raced past the half-mile marker now tracking stablemate Running Bee (English Channel), Spirt of St Louis came out and once again followed Cameo Performance's move into the stretch, shifted farther out three-sixteenths from home and won it in a frenetic finish. Mercante (Gun Runner) held for second after leading early, then prompting the pace for the remainder, and Highway Robber (Hard Spun), back from Dubai for Jim and Susan Hill, was third. Sales history: $300,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $280,000 HRA '23 KEEAPR. O-Madaket Stables LLC, Dubb, Michael and Schermerhorn, Richard; B-Chester & Mary Broman (NY); T-Chad Brown. Spirit of St Louis flies home under Manny Franco to win the G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic! pic.twitter.com/kKZYtlmYsn — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 3, 2025 The post Spirit of St Louis, Franco ‘Fly’ Home To Take the Turf Classic appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Despite being at a distance that left connections concerned, Zulu Kingdom proved his talent was too strong May 3 when winning the $924,780 American Turf Stakes (G1T) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Kopion pulled away mid-stretch to claim victory in the $1 million Derby City Distaff at Churchill Downs. The daughter of Omaha Beach is owned by Spendthrift Farm and trained by Richard MandellaView the full article

A frantic stretch run in the $1 million Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) at Churchill Downs May 3 where nearly every member of the 10-horse field had a shot led to a second grade 1 score for Spirit of St Louis.View the full article

California campaigner Kopion (f, 4, Omaha Beach–Galloping Ami, by Victory Gallop) made it three in a row and proved her year-best 110 Beyer Speed Figure was no fluke as she made the trip to Kentucky and proved much the best in the $1-million GI Derby City Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Derby undercard. Last seen winning the GII Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita in February, where she'd earned that 110 Beyer, she was a surprise winner of the GI La Brea Stakes on Santa Anita's opening day in December. Far from the 37-1 she went to post that day, Kopion was 5-2 Saturday, racing midpack behind :22.30 and :45.19 fractions. She swung to the outside on the turn, reeled in MGSW Hope Road (Quality Road), who finished behind her in both the Santa Monica and the La Brea, and leveled off for a daylight, approximately three-length victory. She had never run in the mud previously and is unbeaten at five starts at seven furlongs or less. Hope Road held for second, while 'TDN Rising Star' and last year's GI Test Stakes winner Ways and Means (Practical Joke) finished third. Final time for the seven furlongs was 1:21.76. Sales History: $270,000 '22 Ylg KEESEP. O-Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Tall Oaks Farm (KY); T-Richard Mandella; J-Kazushi Kimura. Kopion and Kazushi Kimura with the impressive closing kick to win the G1 Derby City Distaff presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery! Richard Mandella trains for owner Spendthrift Farm. pic.twitter.com/6hJaA9WU88 — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 3, 2025 The post Omaha Beach’s Kopion Ships for Derby City Distaff Win appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Think Big improved his turf sprint record to 4-for-4 while earning a second grade 2 win in the $569,600 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T) at Churchill Downs May 3.View the full article

Macho Music took charge and outlasted bids from Madaket Road and Gaming to win the May 3 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

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A well-backed 2-1 favorite in the $1-million American Turf Stakes, newly upgraded to Grade I status, ZULU KINGDOM (IRE) (r, 3, Ten Sovereigns {Ire)–Zindziswa, by Smart Strike) sat a perfect trip from close up, took over inside the final furlong and outlasted his chief market rivals Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) and European raider New Century (GB) (Kameko) for the victory. A two-time graded winner at two and seventh in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last season, the ridgling had one run under his belt this season, a narrow success as the favorite in the Mar. 8 Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Racing one off the fence and fourth behind loose-on-the-lead Mi Bago (Vekoma), Zulu Kingdom was asked to come after the front-runner, who began to sneak away at the midway point of the second turn. Mi Bago turned them in, but the chalk began to zero in on that one, albeit on his incorrect lead, finally surging past at the sixteenth pole and on to the victory. Test Score raced three back the fence and came around Warlander (Kitten's Joy) in upper stretch, dove to the inside late and just won a photo for second. New Century was ridden patiently at the back of the pack and picked off horses one by one in the lane, but the wire came too soon. Zulu Kingdom is the first top-level scorer for Ten Sovereigns. O-Madaket Stables LLC, Dubb, Michael, Strauss, William and Caruso, Michael J.; B-Ecurie Peregrine SAS; T-Chad Brown. Zulu Kingdom (IRE) closes with a rush to win the G1 American Turf presented by Ford! Flavien Prat up for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/PsFSop6wpU — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 3, 2025 The post Ten Sovereigns’s Zulu Kingdom Crowned In Upgraded American Turf appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

On paper, Saturday's $1-million GI Churchill Downs Stakes loomed as one of the races of the afternoon and after seven thrilling furlongs, the race certainly delievered, as 'TDN Rising Star' MINDFRAME (c, 4, Constitution–Walk of Stars, by Street Sense) came storming down the center of the track and managed to just outfinish the dead-heating fellow previously undefeated 'Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist) and Banishing (Ghostzapper) in a contest that did not deserve a loser. Cutting back a furlong off his comebacking victory in the GII Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes, Mindframe was settled in fifth position through the opening exchanges as a four-way battle for the lead ensued, led by 17-1 Giant Mischief (Into Mischief), who set a sensible pace. Dropping a few spots while under a bit of a ride passing the half-mile pole, Mindframe continued to track from worse than midfield and was in the slipstream of Nysos, making his first start since winning the GII Robert B. Lewis Stakes some 15 months ago, as they rounded the turn and approached the stretch. Mullikin (Violence), three wide and on the pace, was sent into the lead in upper stretch, but he soon had company, as Book'em Danno (Bucchero), ridden ahead of centerfield, was driven along and split rivals to hit the front with less than a furlong to race. Nysos, steered off of the heels of Mullikin, came to deliver his challenge, but Mindframe was doing the best work down the center and raced over the top of his rivals in the final two jumps to take it by a head. Banishing was angled down to the inside in the final 100 yards and finished willingly for a share of second. Book'em Danno was beaten about a half-length in fourth, while Mullikin was close up in fifth. What a finish in the G1 Churchill Downs Stakes presented by Ford Mindframe comes out on top in a blanket finish. Irad Ortiz, Jr. up for trainer Todd Pletcher and owners Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable. pic.twitter.com/xiTL1axb2T — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 3, 2025 Saturday, Churchill Downs CHURCHILL DOWNS S. PRESENTED BY FORD-GI, $935,000, Churchill Downs, 5-3, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:22.64, sy. 1–MINDFRAME, 123, c, 4, by Constitution 1st Dam: Walk of Stars (SW, $154,944), by Street Sense 2nd Dam: Star Kell, by Star de Naskra 3rd Dam: Special Kell, by Parfaitement 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($600,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC; B-R. Larry Johnson (MD); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.. $524,520. Lifetime Record: 6-4-2-0, $1,292,160. *1/2 to Hollywood Walk (Animal Kingdom), MSP, $368,731. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. (DH) 2–Banishing, 123, g, 5, Ghostzapper–Dowager, by A.P. Indy. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($80,000 4yo '24 FTKHRA). O-Lawrence P. Roman and David Jacobson; B-Godolphin (KY); T-David Jacobson. $141,900. (DH) 2–Nysos, 123, c, 4, Nyquist–Zetta Z, by Bernardini. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($130,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $150,000 Ylg '22 FTKOCT; $550,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Baoma Corp; B-Atkins Susie (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $141,900. Margins: NK, HD, HD. Odds: 3.54, 6.54, 1.66. Also Ran: Book'em Danno, Mullikin, Just Steel, Tejano Twist, Hoist the Gold, Giant Mischief, Extra Anejo, Here Mi Song. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Mindframe Leads Home ‘Rising Star’ Exacta In Cracking Churchill Downs S. appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In her seasonal debut, Simply Front rallied from midpack to put her nose down in front at the wire to win the $740,670 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T) May 3.View the full article

With a relentless rally on the outside under Irad Ortiz Jr., Mindframe edged Nysos and Banishing to win a blanket photo in the May 3 Churchill Downs Stakes (G1).View the full article

A winner of the GII Shakertown Stakes last time out at Keeneland, THINK BIG (g, 4, Twirling Candy–Always Thinking, by Street Sense) came charging down the center of the Churchill Downs turf course Saturday to steal the GII Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes from Boss Sully (Street Boss) in the final strides. From his usual position off the pace, the 2-1 favorite looked briefly as though he'd run out of real estate with Boss Sully have opened a commanding lead inside the eighth pole. But with all of the momentum, he swept by the 8-1 shot in the shadow of the wire for his third straight win. Lifetime Record: 9-5-0-1. O/B-Godolphin; T-Michael Stidham. Think Big closes in the final strides to win the G2 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes presented by Accenture! Mike Stidham trains the Godolphin homebred. pic.twitter.com/05C0e2JUtN — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 3, 2025 The post Think Big Makes It Three Straight With Turf Sprint Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The six 2024/25 Irish National Hunt season champions were confirmed at Punchestown on Saturday afternoon. JP McManus was named the champion owner for the 22nd time, and he said, “To be crowned champion owner is a huge honour for my family and me. Huge thanks to all the trainers, jockeys and stable staff and all who play a huge part in our success.” Other season-end leaders were: Willie Mullins, who was winning the champion trainer title for the 19th time; Mullins's son Patrick, who earned his 17th champion amateur title; seven-time champion jockey Paul Townend; champion female amateur Jody Townend; and champion conditional jockey Tiernan Power Roche. “I thought we could never top last season but this season has been the stuff of dreams,” said the elder Mullins. “Patrick winning the Randox Grand National was a very special moment for Jackie and me which will be hard to top. We have tremendous owners and none of our success would be possible without their support nor our hugely dedicated team who leave no stone unturned when it comes to the care of our horses, so a huge thanks has to go to them.” The post Irish Jumps Champions Crowned At Punchestown appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Trainer Brad Cox is amazed that Good Cheer has managed to stay unbeaten through seven career starts after her victory in the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. Despite the growing target, the trainer said he's not feeling any pressure yet.View the full article

Thorpedo Anna, last of seven in the May 2 La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs, will be x-rayed and examined by renowned Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital surgeon Dr. Larry Bramlage, trainer Kenny McPeek posted May 3 on social media.View the full article