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The Kentucky Derby is the first jewel of the Thoroughbred Horse Racing Triple Crown. Find all the news related to the running of the Kentucky Derby and the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races.

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June 21, 2023

Expert Pick of the Week: 2023 Chicago Stakes

An excellent field of six fillies and mares will run seven panels on the Ellis Park dirt in Saturday’s $225,000 Chicago S. (G3). A trio of graded stakes heroines, two of which have made good at the Grade 1 level, will lead the six-pack postward...

June 15, 2023

Expert Pick of the Week: 2023 Monomoy Girl Stakes

A total of six sophomore fillies will travel one mile on the Ellis Park
main surface in Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl S. The Brad Cox-trained
Wet Paint was last seen finishing a solid fourth in the recent Kentucky Oaks (G1) when sent postward...

June 10, 2023

Arcangelo gives trainer Antonucci historic win in Belmont Stakes

Thirty years after Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone became the first and thus
far only female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when guiding Colonial Affair
in the 1993
Belmont S. (G1), the 'Test of the Champion' yielded another first when...

June 10, 2023

Arcangelo gives trainer Antonucci historic win in Belmont Stakes

Thirty years after Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone became the first and thus far only female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when guiding Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont S. (G1), the "Test of the Champion" yielded another first when Arcangelo gave...

June 8, 2023

Pedigree fun facts: 2023 Belmont Stakes

Supersire Tapit, currently tied with the legendary 19th-century stallion Lexington as the sire of four Belmont (G1) winners, will try to break the record with a fifth on Saturday. 
Tapit has two sons in the 1 1/2-mile classic, as you can guess from...

June 7, 2023

Expert Pick of the Week: Belmont Stakes 2023

A superb field of nine sophomores will travel 1 1/2 miles over Big Sandy in Saturday’s
155th running of the $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1). The feature on a star-studded day of
action will challenge the class and stamina of each of the contenders...

May 31, 2023

Expert Pick of the Week: 2023 Regret Stakes

A total of six sophomore fillies will run 1 1/8 miles on the Churchill Downs green in
Saturday’s $225,000 Regret S. (G3). The first of six black-type events on the huge card
attracted four contenders from the recent Edgewood S. (G2) at Churchill...

May 25, 2023

Expert Pick of the Week: 2023 Keertana Stakes

A full field of 12 fillies and mares will travel 1 1/2 miles over the Churchill Downs lawn in Saturday’s $225,000 Keertana S. The grassy feature attracted a well-matched cast for the marathon on the grass in what appears to be a very competitive...

May 21, 2023

Velazquez scores first Preakness aboard National Treasure in 13th try

Preakness (G1) number 13 ironically turned out to be the lucky one for Hall
of Fame jockey John Velazquez, who secured his first win in the middle jewel of
racing's Triple Crown on Saturday by guiding National Treasure to a head
victory over Blazing...

May 18, 2023

Pedigree fun facts: 2023 Preakness Stakes

Hall of Famer Curlin, the 2007 Preakness (G1) winner, has a total of four grandsons – half the field – in Saturday’s 148th running at Pimlico. Curlin’s champion son Good Magic is single-handedly responsible for three of them, led...

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