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Drayden Van Dyke, Agent Gary Stevens Return To Kentucky With Derby Shot On Like The King Sponsored by: Like the King wins the Jeff Ruby with Drayden Van Dyke aboard Jockey Drayden Van Dyke, 26, was a fixture on the Churchill Downs backstretch as a kid but started his riding career in California, thanks to the influence of trainer Tom Proctor. With lots of palm trees but diminishing opportunities, Van Dyke has relocated to his birth state – with three-time Kentucky Derby winner and Hall of Famer Gary Stevens as his agent. “There was a little bit of musical jockeys out in Californ...

Las Vegas If not for the last four jumps of last week’s Blue Grass Stakes, the entire Kentucky Derby picture would have gone from the High Renaissance of Raphael to the abstract of Jackson Pollock. That was just a haughty way of saying the apple cart was nearly flipped completely over in the past week. Essential Quality needed nearly every stride of the 1⅛ miles around Keeneland last Saturday to overtake Highly Motivated in the Blue Grass and remain undefeated. In the time since, Rock Your World moved successfully from the turf to dirt with a decisive upset in the Santa Anita Derby, Great...

Sponsored by: Hush of a Storm wins the John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park Joseph P. Morey Trust's $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial winner Hush of a Storm topped a roster of 63 horses that were nominated to the premiere race of Turfway Park's meet, the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (Grade 3). The Jeff Ruby Steaks, a Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series race, will be one of six stakes events carded on Saturday, March 27 at the Florence, Ky. oval. The 1 1/8-mile event over the new Tapeta synthetic surface will award the Top 4 finishers 100-40-20-10 points for the $3 million ...

Photo: Carolyn Simancik / Eclipse Sportswire It looks like the third time indeed will be the charm for the 2021 debuts of Brad Cox stars Essential Quality and Monomoy Girl. After weather-related postponements the last two weeks, Oaklawn is scheduled Saturday to hold the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes — a Kentucky Derby points prep pitching Essential Quality against Jackie's Warrior, Keepmeinmind and Spielberg — and the Bayakoa (G3) on Sunday, with champion older dirt female Monomoy Girl making her return. Gulfstream hosts points preps Saturday for the Kentucky Derby with the Fountain of...

Turfway Park Posts 34.6 Percent Handle Increase In December Despite Three Fewer Race Dates Sponsored by: Turfway Park Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. delivered positive results in wagering and average field size during its 13-day Holiday Meet, which wrapped up a five-week run on Dec. 31. Despite three fewer race dates compared to 2019, all-sources wagering at Turfway Park soared to $32.3 million, an $8.3 million jump and 34.6 percent increase from last year's $24.0 million. The average daily handle skyrocketed 65.6 percent from $1.5 million in 2019 to $2.48 million in 2020. The averag...