Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Photo by Reed Palmer/Churchill Downs Ellis Park Press Release: Stoneway Farm’s Ahh Chocolate, possible favorite for what shapes up as one of the deepest runnings ever of Ellis Park’s Grade 3 Groupie Doll, had her final major piece of training at … Continued
Photo by Jennie Rees Ellis Park Press Release: Upon earning his 4,000th career victory Sunday at Ellis Park, jockey Corey Lanerie recalled thinking he’d never make it to 1,000. “That was fun,” Lanerie, a two-time Ellis and 11-time Churchill Downs riding … Continued
Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Thirteen fillies and mares were entered Sunday for Saturday’s $100,000, Grade 3 Groupie Doll Stakes at Ellis Park. Ahh Chocolate, Stoneway Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winner and the likely favorite, drew post 6 and will be … Continued
Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: After Ralph Ebert’s 2-year-old filly Sully’s Dream led virtually all the way to win a mile maiden race by 12 lengths over Radiantrithym at Ellis Park, jockey Robby Albarado told trainer Kellyn Gorder, “She’s … Continued
Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Arturo Aparicio, an 18-year-old apprentice from Panama, still is beaming after getting his first and second wins in the United States last Sunday. That came when first-time starter National Girl defeated heavily-favored Pinky Promise by … Continued
Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: There will be more than racing this Saturday at Ellis Park, with jockeys competing for pride only in the annual ostrich and camel races. There will be five ostriches and four camels, with 2015 meet-leader … Continued
Divisidero (outside) winning the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. I) at Churchill Downs – Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Buff Bradley, four-time winner of Ellis’ training title, says Indiana Derby runner-up The Player and Churchill’s Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic … Continued
Coglianese Photography/Lauren King Ellis Park Press Release: The 4-year-old colt Barbados has been banging heads with the best sprinters in the country. Now he gets a class break in Saturday’s $50,000 Don Bernhardt Memorial Stakes at Ellis Park. Barbados, who was … Continued
Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Horse owner-breeder Bobby Hunt had wanted to run Betrothal and Runaway Betty on the same day last year at Ellis Park. But the 2-year-old Runaway Betty hadn’t progressed far enough to make her first … Continued
Athena winning the Roxelana Stakes at Churchill Downs – Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Trainer Helen Pitts-Blasi is considering the Aug. 6 Groupie Doll for both Athena and Academic Break. Athena won Churchill Downs’ six-furlong Roxelana Stakes over I’m A … Continued