The Grade 2, $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes features a field of 10 vying for important “Road to the Derby” qualifying points as well as excellent prize money.
Now that horse racing’s unofficial “second season” has wrapped up with the conclusion of the 41st Breeders’ Cup World Championships, it’s time for sprouts of the “first season” to bloom in a sport that has no letup.
A small but talented field of seven 2-year-old fillies will race 1 1/16 miles over the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s $400,000 Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes, an important stop on the 2024-25 road to the Longines Kentucky Oaks.
Rising star 3-year-old Most Wanted totes an unblemished 4-for-4 record into the $600,000 Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare, the signature race on Churchill Downs’ Black Friday card Nov.
Thanksgiving Thursday kicks off what’s traditionally a great four days of horse racing for fans and gamblers under the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs, as the historic Louisville track wraps up its fall meet and then takes a five-month break before re-opening for its spring meet and ramping up excitement for the 151st Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.
