Close Alliance

3/17/2009 Kentucky Derby Challenge Analysis BloodHorse, KYI) on Keeneland’s Polytrack. He has a victory and a sixth-place finish in his two all-weather starts in England . He hasn’t raced since his seventh-place finish in a one-mile Keeneland allowance race on the turf on Oct. 16. John Gosden w...Read More

3/17/2009 Gosden's up for the challenge of Kempton's Kentucky plan This is London, UK The trainer has declared both Mafaaz and Close Alliance in Kempton's £80000 Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes, which guarantees the winner a berth in the "Run For The Roses" at Churchill Downs on 2 May. Gosden, ...Read More

3/16/2009 by Blood-Horse Staff A maximum field of 14 has been entered for the inaugural running of the Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes at England’s Kempton Park racecourse on Wednesday March 18. The race offers an automatic berth in this year’s May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) f...Read More