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Fast and firm for a Sunday 10 at @ChurchillDowns. Early scratches: R2: 2 R3: 2 R7: 9 R8: 1, 3, 9
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The overnight is out for next Saturday’s Claiming Crown day at @ChurchillDowns, with 137 horses entered across 12 races.
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Stud farms and stallion rosters will be showcased at Stars of Tomorrow II on Saturday, Nov. 28 as @ChurchillDowns stages its first "Sire Power" golf-style skins competition among eight Kentucky stallion farms. Full story: churchilldowns.com/horses/ne…
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Should be fun!!
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Stud farms and stallion rosters will be showcased at Stars of Tomorrow II on Saturday, Nov. 28 as @ChurchillDowns stages its first "Sire Power" golf-style skins competition among eight Kentucky stallion farms. Full story: churchilldowns.com/horses/ne…
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🏆𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗟👀𝗞 at @ClaiborneFarm & Adele Dilschneider’s homebred 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 drawing clear for a 7 ½-length win of @BelmontPark1905's one-mile Dwyer Stakes on Saturday. The 3yo Tapit colt is out of MG1W Elate. xitter.cf/TheNYRA/status/2119164…
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🚨 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗪𝗬𝗘𝗥!!! Congrats and great job to trainer Bill Mott and jockey @JuniorandKellyA! 💛@ClaiborneFarm
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Today's @ChurchillDowns update, w entries for Saturday's nine #ClaimingCrown races and the $300K Dream Supreme Stakes. @HorseRacingKK brings you the details. @nationalHBPA @TOBAhorses @JoeyDaKRacing @kaitlinebenson @TonyCalo5 @RadioLouie @BH_SCollins @TwinSpires kyhbpa.org/2026/11/saturday-…
Saturday at Churchill Downs: $300K Dream Supreme, 9 Claiming Crown races - Kentucky Horsemen's...

Saturday at Churchill Downs: $300K Dream Supreme, 9 Claiming Crown races - Kentucky Horsemen's...

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s graded stakes-winning trio of Haulin Ice, Indy Bay and Mystic Lake leads a compact field of six filly and mare sprinters entered in next Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme...

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Jockey Junior Alvarado plans to continue riding at Churchill Downs through the end of the Fall meet. He has mounts at Belmont Park on Saturday, but is named to ride at Churchill Downs on Friday and Sunday. (via CD notes)
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McLean's Selections for Churchill Downs - Saturday, Nov. 7 - The Pressbox

McLean's Selections for Churchill Downs - Saturday, Nov. 7 - The Pressbox

Stats for 2026: Days Picks 10 / 2-5-1 2026 Overall -- 397 397 / 129-132-155 Win % of Top Pick 32.49% Payoff % of Top 3 Picks Overall 34.93%

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Yomar ortiz jr@yomar_ortizjrNov 6
Thank you god and all the connections for the 3 wins today truly blessed 🙏🏽🙌🏼 📸@coadymediaUSA
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Daryl Ezra@darylteamezraNov 7
Over the last 3 weeks I’ve been watching this sensational 17 year old bug Yomar Ortiz, this potential superstar rides in Kentucky. Yomar is the best apprentice at this stage of his career to have just lost his 10 pounds (down to 7 pounds now in the states) that I’ve ever seen.
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Salahudin, third in the @BreedersCup Juv at @Keeneland won by his stablemate Hughes, could run back in @ChurchillDowns' G2 KY Jockey Club, @BobBaffert tells @Steve_Byk. This and more in today's #ChurchillDowns update by @horseracingKK. 📸@CoadyMediaUSA #KyDerby2027 @JoeyDaKRacing @Alex11Foley @kaitlinebenson @TonyCalo5 @EllisParkRacing @MeganDevineTV @CBredar @ThePressBoxLTS @nationalhbpa kyhbpa.org/2026/11/baffert-c…
Baffert considers KY Jockey Club for Salahudin - Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective...

Baffert considers KY Jockey Club for Salahudin - Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective...

Zedan Racing Stables’ Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) third-place finisher Salahudin could make his next start in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) on Saturday, Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs,...

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Johnny Love@Johnnylove1010Nov 6
Replying to @ericahalstrom @HSIndyRacing @HVAFofIndiana @RacingRachelM @JohnGDooley @MrBAnalyst @Jimmy_McNerney @fatbaldguyracin @MattCTVG @Steve_Byk @thepressboxlts
Well done Eric! Veterans Day reminds us to honor all who served.
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Sal Russomanno@SalRussomanno1Nov 6
Replying to @ericahalstrom @HSIndyRacing @HVAFofIndiana @RacingRachelM @JohnGDooley @MrBAnalyst @Jimmy_McNerney @fatbaldguyracin @MattCTVG @Steve_Byk @thepressboxlts
Exceptional Eric to honor these true heroes on their special day! 🏅
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Michael Myers@mcmyers2000Nov 6
Replying to @ericahalstrom @HSIndyRacing @HVAFofIndiana @RacingRachelM @JohnGDooley @MrBAnalyst @Jimmy_McNerney @fatbaldguyracin @MattCTVG @Steve_Byk @thepressboxlts
You actually let @RacingRachelM hold the bat?? You put a weapon in her hand?? Wow!! All kidding aside that is a cool way to raise money!!
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Eric Halstrom@ericahalstromNov 6
5 days from our Veterans Day celebration @HSIndyRacing A Derby 152 bat, autographed by all Jockeys in the race, will be auctioned that day. Proceeds to @HVAFofIndiana @RacingRachelM @JohnGDooley @MrBAnalyst @Jimmy_McNerney @fatbaldguyracin @MattCTVG @Steve_Byk @thepressboxlts
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Airdrie Stud@AirdrieStudNov 6
Going 5.5f and she won by 9.5 lengths!!! New winner for HAPPY SAVER! 🏎️
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Happy Decision left them in the dust by 9 1/2 lengths to break her maiden in @LaurelPark's Race 5, sprinting five and a half furlongs on the muddy main track at 9/5! 🏇 A 2yo filly by Happy Saver out of Quick Decision (Istan), trained by Gary Capuano and ridden by Emanuel Rosario for Oak Tree Stable. Congrats 👏 to Kentucky breeders Estate of Brereton C. Jones on earning a $2,820 KBIF Breeder Award 💰!
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Kaitlin Benson@kaitlinebensonNov 6
The hype on Yomar Ortiz Jr. has been appropriately placed. I have never seen an apprentice go from 10 to 7 that fast & doing it in the toughest colony in the country. Virtually unheard of.
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17-year-old apprentice jockey Yomar Ortiz Jr. scored his first career riding double Wednesday @ChurchillDowns, less than a month after making his professional debut at Keeneland. More in Thursday's CD update: churchilldowns.com/horses/ne…
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We told you to be on the lookout for @yomar_ortizjr back in August, when we met him at @ColonialDowns w @mjsharp75_joe for #ClaimingCrown Showcase Day (they won 2 races). #GoodAsBilled! @HorseracingKK has details in today's #ChurchillDowns update, including plans call for him to ride at @TurfwayPark this winter. 📸@CoadymediaUSA @SteveRushing63 @BradCoxRacing @Alex11Foley @NationalHBPA @CBredar @JoeyDaKRacing @kaitlinebenson @TonyCalo5 @LizzyM333 @MeganDevineTV @thepressboxlts kyhbpa.org/2026/11/apprentic…
Apprentice Yomar Ortiz (4-2-4 in 31 mounts) scores first double - Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent...

Apprentice Yomar Ortiz (4-2-4 in 31 mounts) scores first double - Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent...

Apprentice jockey Yomar Ortiz Jr. scored his first career riding double Wednesday at Churchill Downs, less than a month after making his professional debut at Keeneland.

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