Kentucky Derby News

Cyclone State showed speed from the start and joined the Kentucky Derby trail with a dominant win in the Jerome S. at Aqueduct, picking up 10 points in his stakes debut.

Starlet (G2) runner-up Look Forward will take on a trio of Bob Baffert fillies in Sunday’s $100,000 Santa Ynez S. at Santa Anita.

A cast of eight newly turned three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Oaklawn Park dirt in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S.

The third of six Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifiers taking place at Aqueduct is Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S.

The $250,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park isn’t a graded stakes, but it’s nevertheless a highly productive Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier.

Eight newly-turned three-year-olds will contest Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, the first Kentucky Derby (G1) points race of 2025.

Oaklawn Park’s series of Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifiers begins with Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S.

A very competitive group of 12 fillies and mares will vie in Thursday’s $100,000 Nelson J. Menard Memorial S. at Fair Grounds providing a potential lucrative return for an exotic exacta bet.

Built debuted on Aug. 24 in a sprint at Ellis Park and finished behind subsequent Grade 1 hero East Avenue.

Built on Saturday kicked off a series of four Kentucky Derby (G1) preps at Fair Grounds this winter with an emphatic 6 3/4-length triumph in the $96,000 Gun Runner S.