Gene Kershner

Buffalo

Turf writer, The Buffalo News. @CTBK45 Partner. @dgazettesports Handicapper. @ElmiraMBB alum. @BuffSportsHall Director. #COYS #LetsGoOs

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Post Time: Sovereignty reigns over Derby 151

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Bill Mott’s second Kentucky Derby win late Saturday afternoon in America’s greatest race will surely taste sweeter than his first. It was just six short years ago when Mott won his first Derby when Country House was pronounced the winner after the stewards disqualified Maximum Security, also over a wet track.
Post Time: Journalism is one to beat in Kentucky Derby

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – This year’s Kentucky Derby has the usual intrigue and excitement building up to post time late Saturday afternoon under the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs. With a high possibility of rain in the forecast leading up to the Derby, handicappers will need to be aware of how horses fare on off tracks, or in some cases whether their pedigree points to positive results over wet surfaces.
Post Time: Who to watch in Kentucky Derby undercard races

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky Derby undercard includes six graded stakes leading up to the $5 million Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. The flagship network NBC Sports and Peacock will broadcast the undercard races starting at noon on USA Network and Peacock, switching over to NBC at 2:30 p.m. through the Derby which will go to post at approximately 6:57 p.m.Here’s a capsule look at Saturday’s five graded races heading into Race 12, the 151st Run for the Roses.
Post Time: Postcard from Churchill Downs

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It was like old times for trainer Bob Baffert, who stood at ease outside his barn on the backstretch of Churchill Downs on Thursday morning. After serving a three-year ban from the property after a medication violation disqualified 2021 winner Medina Spirit, he held court in his usual spot after the morning training session. “It doesn’t seem like I’ve been gone,” said Baffert. “It’s the same thing. You get here, it’s the same grind, it’s the same rhythm watching everything.
Post Time: Full Oaks field runs for the lilies

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A dynamite group of 14 fillies will seek a win in Friday’s $1.5 million Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Trainer Brad Cox will saddle the morning line favorite for the third year in a row with Good Cheer (6-5), who comes into the race undefeated in six races, including three under the Twin Spires. The daughter of Medaglia d’Oro will look to provide Cox with his third Oaks training win after previous victories with Monomoy Girl (2018) and Shedaresthedevil (2020).
Post Time: Derby 151 − The Degrees of Separation

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

It’s time to roll out the annual Degrees of Separation column, where we separate the contenders from the pretenders for this year’s Kentucky Derby. It's a light look at the horses that have qualified for a gate on the first Saturday in May, to help segregate the horses I'm high on versus the tosses come Derby day. Using my Derby spreadsheet as a guide, we review the 20 horses entered, and one also-eligible entry in case of scratches in the 151st Kentucky Derby.
Post Time: Launching search for a live longshot in Derby 151

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

It is a week out from the 151st edition of the Run for the Roses, and it is time to start hunting for a live long shot to use in the Derby. The draw for post positions for next week’s Kentucky Derby will be held Saturday at approximately 7:15 p.m. and will be livestreamed on kentuckyderby.com from the second floor terrace at Churchill Downs. It is the second year in a row for the early drawing, which will give handicappers a full week to dive into the past performances before the big race.
Post Time: Final major preps Saturday on road to Kentucky Derby

1 month ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

The final major prep races to qualify for this year’s 151st running of the Kentucky Derby will be run across the nation Saturday afternoon. In New York, the $1,250,000 Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes (Race 10, 5:52 p.m.) will kick things off at Keeneland, followed by the Grade 2 $750,000 Wood Memorial (Race 12, 6:10 p.m.) and concluding with the $500,000 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby (Race 10, 7:30 p.m.) in suburban Los Angeles. FanDuel TV will broadcast the Blue Grass from Keeneland.
Post Time: Big Saturday on the Derby Trail

1 month ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

Two major Kentucky Derby prep races are on tap Saturday evening, featuring several major 3-year-old contenders pointed towards the first Saturday in May. The $1 million Grade 1 Florida Derby features the Fountain of Youth winner Sovereignty (8-2), who currently is the No. 3-ranked sophomore in the weekly NTRA poll. The race drew a field of 10 horses, and the favorite drew the dreaded outside post with the short run-up to the first turn.
Post Time: Derby Trail heads to New Orleans for 112th Louisiana Derby

1 month ago | buffalonews.com | Gene Kershner

The Fair Grounds in New Orleans will be the site of the first 100-point race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby to be held in North America. The $1 million Grade 2 Louisiana Derby will be televised live in a one-hour broadcast on CNBC and Peacock starting at 6 p.m. The telecast will also feature the $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks, another Derby qualifying race.

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