Kentucky Derby News

Multiple contenders look to punch their tickets to the Kentucky Derby starting gate this weekend with a slew of Championship Series races. A busy weekend with the Blue Grass, Santa Anita Derby, UAE Derby, and Wood Memorial will certainly send their winners...

The $1.25 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland has drawn a strong field for its 2025 edition. All seven entrants in the 1 1/8-mile race have previously earned Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification points.

Churchill Downs Racetrack (“Churchill Downs”) today released the second annual Kentucky Derby Style Guide (“Style Guide”) ahead of the 151st running of The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports® on Saturday, May 3. Fashion Journalist and Today...

A dozen horses are slated to start in Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2), the last of six 2024-25 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifiers taking place at Aqueduct.

Three talented graded stakes winners are among the five horses entered in Saturday’s $500,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita.

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...