Kentucky Derby News

While Hoop Jr. and Crozier were the second betting choices in their respective Derbies, the Fred Hooper-owned colt that was even more widely expected to win the Derby, but didn't, was a blazingly fast horse named Olympia.

Whitham Thoroughbreds' homebred Burnham Square picked up 20 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after rallying to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 1. The Ian Wilkes trainee...

Triton Thoroughbreds, LLC’s Speed King picked up 20 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after posting a one-length victory in the $1 million Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park on Jan. 25. The Ron Moquett pupil endured 1 1/16...

St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook picked up 20 qualifying points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 2 1/4-length victory in the $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct on Feb. 1. Trained by Rick Dutrow and piloted home...

Free Brisnet Triple Crown Past Performances
 
A total of 373 three-year-old Thoroughbreds, led by Champion Two-Year-Old Male Citizen Bull, were made eligible to this year’s Triple Crown series with a $600 early nomination payment that was due Jan....

Submissions to participate in the 2025 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade on Friday, May 2 are now open.
 
This year’s Survivors Parade will honor 150 Breast and Ovarian cancer survivors and fighters with tickets for the selected recipient and a guest...

Much the best over just two rivals, the Bob Baffert filly vaulted to the top of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) points leaderboard with a total of 33 points.

Burnham Square rolled past favored Tappan Street to win Saturday’s Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park, and Eclatant captured the Forward Gal (G3) to top the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard.

There was a brief, anxious moment for champion juvenile colt Citizen Bull in his season debut Saturday in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. But after bobbling slightly at the start, the son of Into Mischief quickly seized control and never...

Captain Cook, who hopped on the classic trail by virtue of a victory in the $250,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct on Saturday, already has a number of connections to the Kentucky Derby (G1).