Pedigree fun facts

A competitive 10-horse field has assembled for Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs, a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth 20-10-6-4-2 points to the top five finishers.

The focus of the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks shifts to Tampa Bay Downs, where the Sam F. Davis and Suncoast Stakes will take place.

After Japan’s Forever Young just missed in a three-way photo in the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1), his compatriots have expressed an unprecedented degree of interest in the 2025 Triple Crown.

Just Steel, the horse that brought 89-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas to his 30th Kentucky Derby and was his 50th starter in the event, is poised to make his 4-year-old debut.

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...