Kentucky Downs adds another graded stakes for 2023

  Recent announcements have told some what they already knew. The live racing meet at Kentucky Downs is good and just keeps getting better. Last week the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s American Graded Stakes Committee made the Music City Stakes a grade...

Music City Stakes thoughts from Kentucky Downs

The seven-day live racing meet at Kentucky Downs has been full of dynamic action and huge payouts. For example, the 50-cent late pick 4 on September 10 paid $5525.63 and the 50-cent late pick 5 paid $20,559.61. That, my friend, is some real cheddar. On day six there...

September 10 is a HUGE day at Kentucky Downs

  Racing at Kentucky Downs just keeps getting bigger. Turf Cup day 2022 has the makings of a huge day. When we say “huge”, we mean “huge”. Based on grade 1 winners entering some races, the weather-forced re-scheduling of the Winstar Mint Millions, and the already...

Kentucky Downs day one Pony Pick

It’s opening day at Kentucky Downs !!! Always a great place to make money if you are guessing right, this track has offered up some HUGE payouts in the past. With that in mind, here are a few quick thoughts on the headline event, the FanDuel Tapit stakes. The...

Hail to the Chief !!!

Kentucky Downs graduate Dowagiac Chief earned his first Stakes victory with a powerful score in the Black Gold Stakes at The Fair Grounds on March 5. Trained by Tom Amoss, the Chief assumed command early in this mile and a sixteenth tussle over the New Orleans turf...