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Though the commission regulates the entire horse racing industry in Kentucky, it is best known for its regulation of the Kentucky Derby, one of the three Triple Crown races. The agency's decisions regarding this race attract significant media coverage. Most notable are the two instances wherein the commission disqualified the winning horses.
The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders.Founded in 1961, the TOBA's stated mission is to "improve the economics, integrity and pleasure of the sport on behalf of Thoroughbred owners and breeders."
The Phoenix Stakes, now the oldest stakes race in the United States, was first run in 1831 as the Phoenix Hotel Handicap at the Kentucky Association track.Other important races inaugurated there and still run today, include the Ashland Oaks, revived as the Ashland Stakes, which was named for Henry Clay's Ashland estate; plus the Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1910), the Blue Grass Stakes (1911 ...
Owners: Tami Bobo, Julie Davies, George Isaacs. Bobo finished fourth with Simplification in 2022. ... He was reinstated in June after an investigation by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission found ...
Color: Bay Bred in: Kentucky Sire: Blame Dam: Pick a Time, by Gio Ponti Price tag: $160,000 at 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale Owner: Welch Racing, first Derby. Trainer: John Ennis, first ...
Partially a result of the suspension of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, Stronghold is the only California-based horse expected to enter the Kentucky Derby. … Spectator, Stronghold’s dam, was ...
Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington, Kentucky, currently owned by Eric & Tammy Gustavson. [1] It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great stallion Spendthrift, who was owned by Combs' ancestor, Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm. Spendthrift was the great-grandfather of Man o' War.
The lab was established in 2019 through a contract with the U.S. Equestrian Federation to drug test show horses. In 2022, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission also began using the UK center to ...