Kentucky Derby News

Speed, an inside draw, and a solid last-out performance in the Fountain of Youth (G2) are positive factors going for River Thames in Saturday's $1.25 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland.

A tantalizing, pre-Kentucky Derby (G1) clash between Citizen Bull and Journalism is on tap Saturday in the $500,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) over 1 1/8 miles.

WinStar Farm, CHC, Inc., and Cold Press Racing’s Tappan Street punched his ticket to Louisville after earning 100 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following a 1 ¼-length triumph in the $1,020,000 Florida Derby (G1) at...

West Point Thoroughbreds, CJ Stables, D. J. Stable, and St. Elias Stable’s Sandman picked up 100 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following an impressive, 2 ½-length score in the lucrative, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby...

The final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set to make its three-day run Thursday-Saturday, where Santa Anita Derby (Grade I) contender Journalism was tabbed as the solid 4-1 favorite in the field of 39 individual horses, plus a 40th option...

It was an earlier-than-usual morning for trainer Mark Casse’s team on Tuesday as they welcomed Arkansas Derby (Grade I) winner Sandman to Churchill Downs just after 4 a.m. ET to begin his preparations for the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford...

Captain Cook will look to remain undefeated under the tutelage of Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Rick Dutrow when he heads a field of 12 in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday.

If the subsequent form of the Honeybee can be relied on, Muhimma is in a strong position to bounce back on Friday in the $750,000 Ashland (G1) at Keeneland.

Saturday’s UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan serves as the concluding leg of the newly rebranded Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby, with two invitations to Churchill Downs up for grabs via this route.

The most dramatic element in Tiztastic’s pedigree is the close duplication of the great patriarch Tapit.