Dueling Grounds Derby

2023 Dueling Grounds Derby Preview | Red Route One On The Hunt For Green September

The horse Red Route One’s name is a reference to the Tom Clancy classic Soviet spy thriller Hunt for Red October. In the case of Red Route One, his path […]

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Ready To Purrform Favored At Kentucky Downs | 2022 Dueling Grounds Derby Preview & FREE Picks

Mike previews the 2022 Dueling Grounds Derby (G3) at Kentucky Downs, then gives his top picks and longshots. Ready to Purrform is favored to win this tough stakes after winning […] Read More

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Accredit Provides Matejka Biggest Career Win In Dueling Grounds Derby

FRANKLIN, KY – Trainer Pavel Matejka won the biggest race of his training career as Accredit went gate to wire in the $750,000 Big Ass Fans Dueling Grounds Derby, rewarding […] Read More

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Du Jour Heads Dueling Grounds Derby

FRANKLIN, KY – Du Jour, winner of Churchill Downs’ American Turf (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, heads a capacity field of 12 3-year-olds entered for Sunday’s $750,000 Big Ass Fans […] Read More

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Core Values Besting The Boys Tops Kentucky Downs Preview Saturday

HENDERSON, KY – BBN Racing’s Core Values, G. Watts Humphrey Jr. homebred Flippant, Marc Detampel and Fergus Galvin’s Born Great, and Godolphin homebred Shared Sense came home champions of their […] Read More

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Moon Over Miami Breaks Through in Duelind Grounds Derby

FRANKLIN, KY – After failing to make an impact on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail earlier this year, Summer Wind Equine homebred Moon Over Miami finally broke through for his first […] Read More

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Dueling Grounds Derby Preview: Bama Breeze Favored to Find First 2020 W

FRANKLIN, KY – Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing’s Bama Breeze was made the 3/1 favorite as he still seeks out his first W of 2020 in Thursday’s $750,000 Gun Runner Dueling Grounds […] Read More

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Social Paranoia Strikes Through in Record-Setting Dueling Grounds Derby

FRANKLIN, KY – The Elkstone Group’s Social Paranoia waited until the right moment before striking his way through to the front to win Sunday’s $600,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky […] Read More

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Channel Cat Outduels Cullum Road in $400,000 Dueling Grounds Derby

FRANKLIN, KY – In perhaps the best stretch battle of the entire Kentucky Downs meet, Calumet Farm’s homebred Channel Cat outdueled a too-good-to-love Cullum Road to win Wednesday’s $400,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby. […] Read More