Kentucky Derby News

Red Oak Stable’s Make It Big passed his first two-turn test in Friday night’s $401,200 Springboard Mile at Remington Park, earning 10 points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1). 
The 13-10 favorite after capturing both prior starts at his...

A tremendous 13-race card at Fair Grounds awaits fans on Dec. 26, with the
stakes action highlighted by new additions to the 2022 Road to the Kentucky
Derby and Kentucky Oaks series.
For Derby aspirants, the $100,000 Gun Runner S. at 1 1/16 miles kicks...

When Gun Runner went out on a high note in the 2018 Pegasus World Cup (G1), he crowned his career with a five-race winning streak and padded his bank account to nearly $16 million. 

But the Horse of the Year did something else at Gulfstream Park...

Only four of the nine two-year-olds entered in Friday night's $400,000
Remington Springboard Mile are eligible to earn 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1)
qualifying points with a top-four finish in the Remington Park feature.
Points of 10-4-2-1 will be awarded...

A solid field consisting of nine talented juveniles will go postward in Friday’s $400,000 Springboard Mile S. at Remington Park.
The lucrative event attracted numerous legitimate contenders that could take home the top prize in one of the more...

Heavy favorite Dry Stout galloped to the top of the Japan
Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with a dominant victory in Wednesday’s
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki. The unbeaten colt extended his record to a
perfect 3-for-3 while setting...

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...