Kentucky Derby News

Kentucky West Racing and Clarke Cooper’s Classic Causeway earned 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his impressive 3 3/4-length tally in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on February 12.
The...

With a big weekend coming up at Fair Grounds and stakes-level racing all over the country, familiar faces from the Kentucky Derby and Oaks have been in action through February. Let’s check in on the latest to see the starter, as well as a Derby...

Early nominations to the premiere race for 3-year-old fillies, the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade
I), are due Saturday.
The 148th running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks is set for Friday, May 6. Owners and trainers may nominate their fillies...

The Kentucky Derby Championship Series begins with Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds, and this first race worth points on the 50-20-10-5 scale has attracted a terrific cast. Smile Happy, the individual favorite in the Kentucky...

Hidden Connection, a dominating winner of her first two starts before
turning in sub-par effort in the Breeders' Cup last fall, is among a large cast
assembled for Saturday's $300,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G2) at Fair Grounds for
three-year-old...

After Japan’s historic victories in last November’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) and Distaff (G1), a record 21 Japanese-based three-year-olds have been nominated to the 2022 Triple Crown. 

Four have scored points on...

Unraced since a second in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at
Churchill Downs last fall, Classic
Causeway opened his three-year-old campaign with an eye-catching victory in
Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs.
The Road to the...

Just when 3-5 favorite Mackinnon looked like overcoming a troubled start, along came Blackadder to collar him late in Saturday’s $102,700 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. Both Southern California shippers were sporting the silks of Madaket...

Multiple stakes winner Mackinnon
heads an 11-horse field in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden
Gate Fields. Contested over 1 1/8 miles on a Tapeta track, the El Camino Real
Derby is worth a combined 17 points to the top four finishers...

An overflow field of 13 sophomores will vie in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1 structure toward the...