Entries are Thursday (Aug. 14) for Claiming Crown Showcase Day at Colonial Downs
CLAIMING CROWN SHOWCASE DAY AUGUST 21, 2025 AT COLONIAL DOWNS: Don’t miss the opportunity to earn an automatic entry into their respective race for the top two finishers in each division of the Claiming Crown to be run November [...]
Claiming Crown Horse of the Year Goes to Like a Saltshaker
Trainer Brittany Vanden Berg and her husband, jockey Chris Emigh, after Like a Saltshaker is declared the winner of the Claiming Crown Rapid Transit. (Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation photo) “Man, did he dig in! [...]
$550,000 Claiming Crown Preview Set for Aug. 21 at Colonial Downs
In a collaboration to further increase the popularity of the Claiming Crown series for racing’s blue-collar horses, Colonial Downs will host an eight-race Claiming Crown Preview Day on Thursday, August 21 at Virginia’s thoroughbred track [...]
Laughing Boy Wins Jewel by DQ, Complete Claiming Crown Recap
Photo by Coady Photography (from Churchill Downs news release) Laughing Boy crossed the finish line a half-length back of Surface to Air in Saturday’s $225,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Churchill Downs – the [...]
Catalano Celebrates First Claiming Crown Win in 20 Years
Photo by Coady Photography (from Churchill Downs news release) Two decades after his first Claiming Crown triumph, trainer Wayne Catalano returned to the winner’s circle Saturday when Ghostly Gal upset the $174,500 Claiming [...]
Claiming Crown: Tennessee Moon, 11-time Winner in 2024, is Hibdon’s Seabiscuit
Owner-trainer Mark Hibdon with Tennessee Moon at Churchill Downs for the Claiming Crown. Photo by Jennie Rees Bad ‘Moon’ Rising! Tennessee Moon takes 11 wins — most in America this year — into [...]
Claiming Crown: Molly’s Rose a Winner Just Making it to the Races
Erin Riefenberg with Molly’s Rose, then a 2-year-old at Santa Anita. (Photo courtesy Erin Riefenberg) No matter where Molly’s Rose finishes in Saturday’s $150,000 Claiming Crown Tiara, for Lexington-based owner-trainer Erin Riefenberg the 4-year-old filly [...]
Claiming Crown: Stories Behind the Horses
(Trainer Carl O'Callaghan aboard East Coast Girl at Churchill Downs. Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation) Boy oh boy! O'Callaghan says of very male East Coast Girl, 'He's just a powerhouse' heading into Ready's Rocket Express [...]
Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs: Eight Full Fields of Valuable Horses — No Matter What They Cost
Indian Gulch going back to trainer Tom Van Berg’s barn at Churchill Downs. Photo by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation The 119 horses in the entries for Saturday’s eight Claiming Crown races at Churchill Downs might have [...]
Shotshell Wins $50K Prairie Meadows Qualifying Race for Claiming Crown
Photo by Jack Coady/Coady Photography Cecil Peters’ Shotshell rolled to a front-running 7 1/2-length victory in Friday night’s $50,000 Kent Stirling Memorial Iron Horse Claiming Crown Prep at Prairie Meadows, receiving an automatic [...]