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At Age Seven, Arklow Picks Up Graded Win In Louisville Sponsored by: Arklow wins the G3 Louisville Grade 1 winner Arkow has aged well. The 7-year-old horse, who made his first start of the year, won Saturday's 84th running of the G3 Louisville Stakes at Churchill Downs by one length over Red Knight in 2:27.13 – a stakes record for the 1 ½-mile turf marathon. Ridden by Florent Geroux, Arklow was rated in 10th during the early stages of the three-turn race as Admiralty Pier dictated the pace and led the field of 14 older horses through splits of :23.70, :48.64, 1:14.24 and 1...

Sponsored by: Arklow and jockey Joel Rosario winning the Hollywood Gold Cup Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger and the Estate of Peter Conway's Grade 1-winning turf specialist Arklow is set to return from a nearly six-month break in Saturday's 84th running of the $150,000 Louisville Stakes (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs. Saturday's Louisville Stakes, run at 1 ½ miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course, is the featured event on the 11-race program. First post is 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) and the Louisville will go as the finale at 5:58 p.m. A simulcast of the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1...

Featured News April 17, 2021 Agave Racing Stable and Sam-Son Farm’s Say the Word, who on Thursday was named Canada’s champion male turf horse for 2020, grabbed the lead at midstretch from Channel Cat and went on to post a 1½-length victory in the 36 th running of the $200,000 Elkhorn (G2) for older horses Saturday afternoon. Now based in Southern California with trainer Phil D’Amato, Say the Word and jockey Luis Saez covered 1½ miles on a turf course rated as good in 2:28.26. The victory marked the third of four wins on the afternoon for Saez as well as his fourth stakes victory of t...

Sponsored by: Opening weekend at Keeneland, 2021 Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Elkhorn Stakes is one of two marathon 1 1/2-mile graded stakes during the Keeneland spring meeting. This race is for males and the Bewitch Stakes next week is for females. Ten horses entered the Elkhorn this year and most have top credentials in similar races. In terms of career earnings, the field is led by Channel Cat, winner of over $950,000 in his career in similar races. However, the now 6-year-old is returning from three months off and hasn't won since taking the Grade 2 Bowling Green Stakes in Augus...