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Hot Rod Charlie defeated longshot Kentucky Derby Rich Strike after a stretch battle in the Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is back at Churchill Downs and trainer Eric Reed is hoping his prized colt will notch a third-career victory beneath the historic Twin Spires in Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade 2).

Top Grade 1-winning older horses Art Collector, Hot Rod Charlie and Happy Saver will clash with Kentucky Derby 148 hero Rich Strike in a stellar ninth renewal of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade 2) on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

By US Racing Team The field is set for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar on Saturday, the grand finale of the $31 million, 14-race…

Leading up to the 153rd running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on Saturday (June 5), usracing.com is publishing profiles of each of the contenders.

Analysis: Ever since the Boston Marathon bombing, variations of the phrase "Boston Strong" have "become an inescapable part of how this country heals after tragedy," The Associated Press reports. But this name isnt a somber rallying cry in remembrance of Superstorm Sandy or the COVID-19 pandemic or the closing of local neighborhood favorite Cranberrys (RIP); its a reference to the horses New York breeding, the owners roots in Brooklyn, and a nod to the horses sire, Wicked Strong. That is to sa...

Sponsored by: Hot Rod Charlie beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs, accompanied by his Hall of Fame stable pony, Lava Man William Strauss owns one-quarter of Kentucky Derby contender Hot Rod Charlie, last-out winner of the Louisiana Derby, and garnered instant social-media fame due to an ecstatic TVG interview filmed after the 3-year-old colts front-running victory at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. “Im an incredibly even-keel, non-emotional guy,” Strauss told the KHBPAs Je...

About: Roadrunner Racing is a partnership headed by Greg Helm, a former advertising executive and current vice president of Desert Classic Charities. Patrick O’Neill is a 26-year-old Brown graduate and vice president for sales and strategic partnerships at Founder Sport Group. O’Neill, along with Brown University frat brothers and football teammates Eric Armagost, Dan Giovaccini, Reiley Higgins, and Alex Quoyeser, comprise Boat Racing. William Strauss was co-founder and CEO of Proflowers, ...