Kentucky Derby News

Twelve years after Super Saver turned the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2)/Kentucky Derby (G1) double at Churchill Downs, his grandson Smile Happy hopes to follow in his hoofsteps.

Smile Happy, who burst onto the Derby trail with a 3 1/4-length victory in the...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby continues in Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun. A field of 14 juveniles will square off at Kawasaki, including unbeaten colts Ice Giant and Dry Stout as well as the streaking Sekifu. 
Ice Giant, 2-for-2...

Owner J. Paul Reddam, trainer Doug O'Neill, and jockey Mario Gutierrez have
teamed up to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) twice in the last decade, with I'll
Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016). The trio could have another leading
Derby prospect...

A well-matched field of eight will travel nine furlongs on the Fair Grounds main strip in Saturday’s $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day S. The event for Louisiana-bred horses is one of a slew of stakes races on the card that features the top Cajuns...

An impressive winner of his past two starts, Messier will try to make it three in a row in Saturday’s $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2). Only four rivals have signed on to oppose him in the 1 1/16-mile test, including stablemate Barossa.
Both...

Donegal Racing’s Mo Donegal picked up 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his nose triumph in the $250,000 Remsen S. (G2) at Aqueduct on December 4. The Uncle Mo colt negotiated 1 1/8 miles on the fast main...

Despite a wide trip at Aqueduct, 1.75-1 favorite Nest kept grinding her way to get up in Saturday’s $250,000 Demoiselle (G2). The Todd Pletcher filly had to survive an objection, like stablemate Mo Donegal in the Remsen (G2) one race earlier, to...

Mo Donegal prevailed in a stretch duel and survived an inquiry to win
the $250,000 Remsen S. (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday.
Under Irad Ortiz Jr., Mo Donegal saved ground until approaching the quarter
pole, when he was swung five wide for the stretch run....

A field of eight juveniles will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Aqueduct main surface in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen S. (G2). The nine-furlong event acts as a 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest, with the top four finishers earning...

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks stops on both the East and West Coast on Saturday, with the Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct and the Starlet (G1) at Los Alamitos. Each offers points to the respective top four finishers according to the 10-4-2-1 scale.
Demoiselle
The...