Sep 22, 2024 · LOUISVILLE, Ky. – FMQ Stables’ talented colt Saudi Crown leads a field of seven older horses entered in next Saturday’s 32nd running of the $400,000 Ack Ack Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs, a “Win and You’re In” race for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile division.

Sep 28, 2024 · Churchill: Hit Show takes Lukas; Three Technique wins Ack Ack Hit Show relaxed in fourth up the backstretch, tip... Churchill: Saudi Crown goes for Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile bid

Sep 28, 2024 · Churchill Downs: Zozos wins Ack Ack, may not go to Breeders’ Cup Louisville, Ky. Zozos did what he was expected to... Super Screener preview: Popular barn has big chance in Ack Ack

Sep 28, 2024 · A class drop and an opportunity to race a shorter distance suggest FMQ Stables' Saudi Crown will be a force in the $500,000 Oaklawn Mile Stakes (G3) March 29 at Oaklawn Park. By Byron King ...

The Ack Ack Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in September at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.

The Lukas Classic, named for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, will be run at 1 1/8 miles as Race 10 at 10:40 p.m. (all times Eastern). The 11-race program begins at 6 p.m. and also features the $400,000 Ack Ack (GIII) in Race 8. Hit Show, trained by Brad Cox, finished fifth in Kentucky Derby 149, beaten 6 ¼ lengths to Mage.

Ack Ack (February 24, 1966 – November 7, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. Ack Ack was a brown horse bred in Kentucky by Harry F. Guggenheim and owned by Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable. He was trained by Charlie Whittingham.

Sep 26, 2024 · The Road to the 2024 Breeders’ Cup makes one final stop under the Twin Spires Saturday evening for the Ack Ack Stakes, a “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series qualifier for the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 2 at Del Mar.

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Sep 27, 2024 · From 2010-11, the Ack Ack was contested over 1 1/16 miles, then permanently shortened back up to eight furlongs in 2012. Named after the 1971 Horse of the Year by the same name, the Ack Ack became a Grade 3 in 1997.