Kentucky Derby News

A strong group of 13 sophomores will travel nine panels on the Fair Grounds main oval in Saturday’s $500,000 Risen Star S. (G2).

CHC, Inc. and WinStar Farm’s John Hancock earned 20 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his half-length score in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs on February 8.

Nine horses will vie for 20-10-6-4-2 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification in Sunday’s $400,000 Sunland Park Derby at Sunland Park.

Saturday’s $500,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds is the first Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier of the year worth 50-25-15-10-5 points to the top five finishers, which virtually guarantees the winner a spot in the Derby starting gate.

A quick horse from California appears the horse to beat over the traditionally quick surface at Sunland Park in New Mexico on Sunday when Getaway Car tops a field of nine in the $400,000 Sunland Park Derby.

The Championship Series kicks off at Fair Grounds with the Risen Star Stakes, the first 50-point race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Citizen Bull, the 2024 champion 2-year-old colt and recent winner of the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (Grade III), has been tabbed as the 6-1 individual favorite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager while the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds”...

From the sire line of 1990 Kentucky Derby (G1) champion Unbridled, Burnham Square also has Derby-winning sires on his mother’s side.

Saturday’s “Louisiana Derby Preview Day” at Fair Grounds serves as a pivotal point on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks.

"He was all man, was always the leader in his paddock."