Kentucky Derby News

After romping in sprints at Saratoga, unbeaten Echo Zulu not only aced her mile test in Sunday’s $400,000 Frizette (G1) at Belmont Park. The 0.35-1 favorite carried her speed so effectively that she increased her winning margin over the extra distance.
Trained...

Marc Chan’s Angel Bleu thrived on the heavy going at ParisLongchamp to score a new career high in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) on Arc Day. Ridden by Frankie Dettori, the Ralph Beckett pupil reeled in longtime leader Noble Truth and...

Two of the entrants in Saturday’s Champagne S. (G1) will try to emulate their sires by winning the historic feature for two-year-olds at Belmont Park.
Wit is from the first crop of Practical Joke, hero of the 2016 Champagne. Commandperformance is...

Jack Christopher emerged as New York's leading juvenile male on
Saturday with a dominating performance in the $500,000 Champagne S. (G1) at
Belmont Park.
Sent off as the 17-10 favorite in his stakes debut, Jack Christopher rated in
second behind...

Smashing performances from Corniche and Ain’t Easy
highlighted Friday’s opening day program at Santa Anita.
Corniche broke on top and dictated terms throughout in the $300,000 American Pharoah (G1), scoring by an easy 3 1/4-length margin....

Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby has attracted British, Irish, and German shippers take on the French at ParisLongchamp. Also a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile...

The top two finishers from the Sept. 6 Hopeful S. (G1) at
Saratoga, Gunite and Wit, head six runners in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne S. (G1). One of four stakes at Belmont Park, the mile race
is the first Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier...

A fine field of seven two-year-old prospects will go postward in Friday’s $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita. The first-place finisher of the “Win and You’re In” event will be rewarded with a berth in the Breeders’...

A pair of qualifiers for the Kentucky Derby (G1) and
Kentucky Oaks (G1), the $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) and $200,000 Chandelier
(G2), highlight Friday’s opening day program at Santa Anita.
The 1 1/16-mile races award points on a 10-4-2-1 scale,...

Highclere Thoroughbred Racing’s Royal Patronage rallied to take Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket, in a dramatic opener to the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. Shortly afterward in the Beresford (G2) at the Curragh, odds-on...