Kentucky Derby News

The third of four Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Oaklawn Park,
Saturday’s $1 million Rebel S. (G2) awarded points on a 50-20-10-5 scale to the
top four finishers. The 1 1/16-mile race featured a massive upset.
One-eyed surprise
winner
Un Ojo,
appropriately...

Morello, a convincing winner of both starts since the Aqueduct meet
commenced last November, will get a stronger test Saturday in the $300,000 Gotham S. (G3).
Run over a one-turn mile, the Gotham awards Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points of 50-20-10-5...

Two three-year-old fillies will essentially clinch a spot in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Saturday with victories in the $200,000 Davona Dale S.
(G2) at Gulfstream Park and the $250,000 Busher S. at Aqueduct.
The Davona Dale and Busher, which are...

Cypress Creek Equine’s Un Ojo earned 50 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his half-length score in the $1 million Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park on February 26. Trained by Ricky Courville, the 75-1 longest shot...

Godolphin’s Blue Trail blew the start in Wednesday’s Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions race at Kempton, but the favorite still got up in a three-way photo. Driven between foes late by jockey James Doyle, the Charlie Appleby pupil thrust...

Stablemate Smile Happy got his first Kentucky Derby (G1) prep in two weeks
ago, in the Risen Star (G2), and on Saturday it will be Rattle N Roll's
turn to do the same in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream
Park.
Both colts captured...

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby kicks into gear again at Kempton on Wednesday. Seven sophomores are entered in the Road to the Kentucky Conditions race over a mile on Polytrack, worth points on a 20-8-4-2 basis to the top four finishers.
No Triple...

Forbidden Kingdom proved that he has plenty of speed in the seven-furlong San Vicente (G2). Now the son of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah will try to demonstrate that he can carray it around two turns in Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe (G2)...

Rattle N Roll is the headliner from the first crop of the Curlin stallion Connect, who also has a Kentucky Oaks (G1) candidate in Hidden Connection. 
It’s fitting that Rattle N Roll is trained by Ken McPeek, since the horseman had scouted out...

Overlooked at 75-1, Un
Ojo rallied up the inside to edge Ethereal Road in the latter stages of
Saturday’s $1 million Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park. The New York-bred gelding sprung
a massive upset with Ramon Vasquez and virtually stamped his Kentucky...