The landmark 150th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday, May 4 will be the richest in history as the purse for America’s greatest race has been elevated to a guaranteed $5 million.
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The Sensational Seven: Ranking the Best Pegasus World Cup Winners
Since its inception in 2017, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park has successfully bum-rushed the North American racing calendar and made an impression comparable with hoofprints from the gigantic statue of the winged equine icon of Greek mythology that resides at the Hallandale, Fla. track.
Dornoch Targeting Fountain of Youth on Derby Trail, Followed by Blue Grass or Wood Memorial
A few days after the third-place finisher in the Remsen Stakes posted an initial stakes victory, the highly regarded winner of that mile-and-an-eighth Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep is taking his first steps toward matching his full brother’s magical accomplishment.
Late-Blooming Pegasus Hopeful Hoist the Gold Gives Culver Second Horse of a Lifetime
James Culver thought he uncovered the horse of a lifetime when he purchased Mucho Macho Man for $30,000 from breeders Carole and John Rio and the Florida-bred went on to a stellar career that culminated in a victory in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Mucho Macho Man finished with more than $5.6 million in purse earnings.
