FRANKLIN, Ky. (Wednesday, March 1, 2023) — Kentucky Downs is again staging the online, live-money King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge at the late-summer all-turf meet that attracts the largest purses and field sizes in America. Back for the third year will be the instantly-iconic Global Tote King of the Turf Championship Belt trophy to … Continued
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022) — Multi-platinum entertainer Trace Adkins is the Official Music Ambassador for the 2022 FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs, with the award-winning, Grand Ole Opry member autographing the guitars that serve as trophies for the track’s graded stakes and the Nelson’s Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey Music City Stakes. “Having guitars for trophies — I love … Continued
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Friday, July 8, 2022) — Kentucky Downs is transferring an additional $1 million to Ellis Park’s horsemen to beef up purses at the Henderson track’s summer meet. The allocation is part of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund (KTDF), which supplements the money that registered Kentucky-bred Thoroughbreds can earn in a race. The $1 … Continued
Bowling Green, Ky., is 113 miles and a time zone removed from Churchill Downs, but the Warren County seat will be south-central Kentucky’s “Epicenter” for Kentucky Derby pre-race festivities. That’s because the close second choice for the 148th Kentucky Derby, Louisiana Derby winner Epicenter, was foaled and raised at 300-acre Westwind Farms on Three Springs … Continued
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022) — Kenny Mollicone established himself as the National Turf Handicapping Champion by winning the King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge last September during the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs. Now he’ll have the belt to prove it. Mollicone, a 47-year-old real-estate developer from Somerset, Mass., will be presented the … Continued
Winchell, Three Chimneys donate $230,000 in All Photo above: Gun Runner winning the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar under Florent Geroux. Breeders’ Cup/Eclipse Sportswire Youtube video of Gun Runner 2022 breeding season being sold at Keeneland Tuesday evening. Includes interviews with Three Chimneys vice chair Doug Cauthen and Keeneland VP for sales … Continued
(Photo: Gear Jockey, in the lead on the rail under Jose Lezcano, won the $1 million FanDuel Turf Sprint to earn a fees-paid spot in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Saturday at Del Mar. Coady Photography) FRANKLIN, Ky. (Tuesday, November 2, 2021) — Thirteen horses who competed at the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky … Continued
Edited Keeneland stakes recap (Photos by Grace Clark/Kentucky Downs) LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 24, 2021) – Highlander Training Center’s Summer in Saratoga held off a late bid from favored Luck Money by a half-length to win the 30th running of the $150,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) for fillies and mares Sunday afternoon. The victory keyed … Continued
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Monday, Sept. 13, 2021)— Kenny Mollicone, a 47-year-old real-estate developer from Somerset, Mass., is the 2021 National Turf Handicapping Champion, having won the six-day online Kentucky Downs Turf Handicapping Challenge at the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs. Mollicone finished with an aggregate total of $5,783.90 Sunday after playing in all three of the … Continued
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021) — Led by a record-smashing $20,849,967 wagered on Saturday’s showcase program, the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs completed North America’s most lucrative six-date run with betting totaling $74,088,532. The previous records were the $17,437,731 on the corresponding Saturday as part of the $59,828,441 total bet last year. That’s an … Continued
