Kentucky Derby News

As the winter racing season continues, the racing calendar for the Derby and Oaks alumni is getting more exciting. From allowance-level returns to globetrotting adventures, it’s time to check in with the latest runners!
● Mandaloun (2nd across...

A fine field of nine three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Gulfstream Park dirt in Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3). The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will reward the top four finishers of the race with qualifying...

The first of three Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Gulfstream
Park, Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) drew a solid field of nine, many
with serious aspirations for the first Saturday in May. Top draws include
Remsen S. (G2) winner Mo Donegal and
Breeders’...

Courvoisier, who emerged from the fog to win the Jerome S. on New
Year's Day, should encounter clearer but cold weather when he attempts to extend
his current win streak in Saturday's $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The
Withers, run...

After winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) twice with colts
purchased at auction, Reddam Racing is back on the trail with a California homebred
– Slow Down Andy. By Reddam’s 2016 Derby champ Nyquist, Slow Down Andy is also
out of a mare whose background...

Newgrange preserved his unbeaten record in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest (G3), but not quite the way backers of the 3-2 favorite might have envisioned. Under pressure a couple of lengths behind, the California shipper kept finding in the stretch...

Secret Oath put her name in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) picture, dominating the $200,000 Martha Washington S. at Oaklawn Park by a
7 1/4-length margin. Trained by four-time Kentucky Oaks winner D. Wayne Lukas, the chestnut daughter of Arrogate earned her first...

Although Dash Attack became the newest of trainer Ken McPeek’s 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls, their relationship goes back much further. 

Unlike stablemates Smile Happy, Rattle N Roll, and Tiz the Bomb, who were all purchased at auction,...

Before Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls take the stage in the Southwest S. (G3), Kentucky Oaks (G1) aspirants will compete over the same 1 1/16-mile circuit at Oaklawn Park in the $200,000 Martha Washington S. Saturday’s 4TH race, slated for 2:32 p.m....

A perfect 2-for-2 since beginning his career at Oaklawn Park, Smarty Jones S. hero Dash Attack bids to keep his momentum going in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest S. (G3). Six of his rivals are returning from the Smarty Jones, and among the intriguing...