Kentucky Derby News

Churchill Downs Opens Thurby Infield General Admission for First Time

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, March 7, 2022) – Churchill Downs announced today a new Derby Week attraction that will open infield General Admission access for Thurby and feature a...

Baoma Corp.’s Eda bounded straight to the early lead, rebuffed challenges on both flanks, and earned her fourth straight stakes win in Sunday’s $101,500 Santa Ysabel (G3) at Santa Anita.
The winner of the Dec. 4 Starlet (G1) in her prior appearance...

Tiz the Bomb launched a well-timed rally to claim the $125,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. on Saturday at Turfway Park.

The 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) runner-up struggled in his Road to the Kentucky Derby debut, finishing seventh...

The lessons Simplification learned inadvertently in last month's Holy Bull (G3) proved useful when applied in Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth S.
(G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Expected to show speed in the Holy Bull, Simplification instead...

Morello and Venti’s Valentine delivered brilliant performances
in Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) qualifiers at Aqueduct Saturday, overpowering
rivals in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) and $250,000 Busher S.
Gotham (G3)

Morello impressively remained...

American Pharoah’s son Forbidden Kingdom aced his first two-turn test in Saturday’s $401,000 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita. Running his rivals ragged over 1 1/16 miles, just as he did in sprints, the Richard Mandella trainee jumped onto the...

Juddmonte’s homebred filly Juncture was dispatched as the odds-on favorite in her comeback in Friday’s Patton S. at Dundalk, and the gray duly outclassed the boys in a romp. 
Trained by Ger Lyons and ridden by Colin Keane, Juncture earned...

Ain’t Easy established
herself as a major contender for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) when
romping in the Chandelier (G2) in early October, but she was forced to miss the race due to injury. The exciting filly will look to join the...

Magdalena Racing’s $200,000 Bourbon S. (G2) winner Tiz the Bomb led an oversubscribed field of 14 three-year-old colts and geldings that were entered in Saturday’s $125,000 John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park.
The John Battaglia Memorial,...

With nine weeks remaining until the first
Saturday in May, several top 3-year-olds are beginning to emerge in their quest
for a spot in the starting gate for the Grade I, $3 million Kentucky Derby
presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday, May 7.
         
On...