Kellie Reilly

5 days ago | brisnet.com | Kellie Reilly

Not only was multiple Grade 1 star Far Bridge the class of the short field in Saturday’s $388,000 Man o’ War (G2), but the 3-10 favorite also enjoyed a perfect trip at Aqueduct. That proved to be an unbeatable combination, as Far Bridge bested the hard-trying closer Anglophile. The top two are bred along the same exact lines. Both are by English Channel and out of mares by Kitten’s Joy – the champion turf males of 2007 and 2004, respectively, who together furnish quite a productive cross.

1 week ago | brisnet.com | Kellie Reilly

Saturday’s $934,200 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) was an open-looking renewal on paper, and it remained so when most of the field fanned across the Churchill Downs course in a frenetic dash for home. Then 3.12-1 favorite Spirit of St Louis flew onto the radar late to win going away, giving his connections a Grade 1 turf double on Kentucky Derby Day. Trainer Chad Brown and two of his co-owners, Madaket Stables and Michael Dubb, earlier captured the American Turf (G1) with Zulu Kingdom.

1 week ago | brisnet.com | Kellie Reilly

Kentucky Oaks Day included a trio of graded stakes for turf distaffers, and two odds-on favorites demonstrated star quality at Churchill Downs. She Feels Pretty returned triumphant in course-record time in the $378,000 Modesty (G3), and sophomore Nitrogen demolished the competition in the $575,000 Edgewood (G2). After rain forced a weather delay, Queen Maxima bolted up as the 2.14-1 second choice in the Unbridled Sidney (G3).

2 weeks ago | twinspires.com | Kellie Reilly |Keeler Johnson

LIVEThe time has arrived! Tonight at Churchill Downs we will find out the post positions for the 151st Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks.

1 month ago | brisnet.com | Kellie Reilly

After foiling a pair of Godolphin hotpots in her Group 2 double during the Dubai Carnival, British shipper Choisya ended trainer Chad Brown’s streak in Saturday’s $521,657 Jenny Wiley (G1) at Keeneland. Brown, who had won the turf feature for the past three years in a row, and seven times overall, sent out 3-1 favorite Excellent Truth in a bid to extend his record. But the 6.83-1 Choisya, well placed early by Luis Saez, got first run with a dream opening on the rail.