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 [...]