Luan Machado

Jockey

[Kentucky Downs @KYDownsRacing]

Celebrating our love for the horse today, and every day. Happy National I Love Horses Day 💙

#KyDowns

[TwinSpires Racing 🏇 @TwinSpires]

𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗔 puts on a much the best debut performance @EllisParkRacing.

@luanmachado85 piloted the 2-year-old son of @WinStarFarm stallion Life is Good for trainer @bradcoxracing.

#TwinSpiresReplay

[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

G1 Ashland winner Percy's Bar (Upstart; @luanmachado85 up) and G3SW Quatrocento (War Front; @JulienLeparoux up)--entered in the G3 Arlington at Churchill next weekend--led a busy morning on the Keeneland worktab. Both got their works in on a good track before the rain hit hard.

[TwinSpires Racing 🏇 @TwinSpires]

Slop? No problem. 🌧️🏇

𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗜 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘 ($5.10) dug in late and battled back down to the wire under @luanmachado85 to kick off the card at for trainer Pavel Matejka. Tough as nails. 💪

#TwinSpiresReplay

[Will Walden @wwaldenracing]

MOVIE NIGHT

Groom: Octaviano Mata
Ex Rider: @Joel_Osorio10
Churchill Downs Div: @KoriiMcLean

Great ride by @luanmachado85

Congratulations to @WinStarFarm @WinStarCEO on an impressive homebred maiden score!

Great Job TEAM
@adriannaelynch @Frankli2310 @JeramieFen20571

[FanDuel Racing @FanDuel_Racing]

MOVIE NIGHT ($3.52) soared home in R2 at @ChurchillDowns with @luanmachado85 in the irons. @wwaldenracing trains the daughter of Speightstown (@WinStarFarm) @WinStarFarm owns.

[FanDuel Racing @FanDuel_Racing]

🌷 TULIP ($14.68) went gate-to-wire in race 10 at @ChurchillDowns with @luanmachado85 in the irons. @wwaldenracing trains the daughter of Flameaway (@darbydanfarm). @LNJFoxwoods and Church Street Stable owns.

[Equibase @Equibase]

G1 Ashland Stakes winner Percy's Bar grazing this morning at the @colebrookstable barn 🎀

🏇This will be Ben Colebrook's and @luanmachado85's first career #KyOaks start.

🏇The Upstart filly has $1,015,121 in career earnings and won by 5 lengths in the Debutante Stakes in her lone start at @ChurchillDowns.

🏇Most recently Malathaat (2021) and Monomoy Girl (2018) both won the Ashland before winning the Oaks.

Check out her horse profile on Equibase:
https://t.co/9o3LTuhhWY

📸@LGonTV

[Kevin O'Keeffe @kokhorseracing]

Great story. Good luck to @colebrookstable @gatewoodbell @AirdrieStud @luanmachado85 with Percy’s Bar in Kentucky Oaks!

[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

The one thing that could get me out to Keeneland early this morning, before she got on the van to Churchill. See you at the circus in Louisville, Percy.

[Keeneland Racing @keenelandracing]

(3) Don't Say It a convincing winner in race 3 under @luanmachado85! (2) Daring Hope is home second and (5) Commanded is third.

[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

Percy's Bar (Upstart), with @luanmachado85 up, had an easy-by-design easy final tune in :49 3/5 for next week's Kentucky Oaks, starting lengths behind stablemate Tregetour's easy pace and catching him at the wire, well within herself and as usual looking barely winded afterwards.

[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

Frosty Indulgence (Frosted), with @luanmachado85 up, sported fabulous earmuffs (a la Gate Dancer) in his win (via DQ) in R7, an allowance at Keeneland. Chris Davis trains for Dare to Dream Stable.

[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

First work back for Percy's Bar (Upstart) since crushing in the G1 Ashland and she picked up right where she left off, with her fifth consecutive bullet (1/30) at Keeneland while barely breaking a sweat. She covered 4 fur. in :47.00.

💚💙

[Paige West @CpWest3890]

She’s such a cool girl 🫦

[Luan Machado @luanmachado85]

🪓family

[KyHBPA @KyHBPA]

Great stuff in today's @Keeneland barn notes about Machado brothers: jockeys Luan, Dylan & valet Muriel. @luanmachado85 @Dylanmachado @cp365 @TurfwayPark @ThePressboxLTS @CBredar @nationalhbpa
https://t.co/NJyzUxVDrZ

[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

💚💙

[Blaise Bollman @BlaiseLBC]

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 w/ @HorseRacingKK - part 1 🚶

[Kevin Kerstein @HorseRacingKK]

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[Frances J Karon @francesjkaron]

I normally delete photos like these but I like the way Percy's Bar and Luan are framed with the finish post in this just-after-the-wire shot.