Kentucky Derby News

Points Will Not Be Awarded to Any Horse Trained by an Individual Suspended from 2022 Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Sept. 10, 2021) – The official “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” will begin Saturday, Sept....

A total of five fantastic graded stakes races will be held at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, led by the lucrative $1 million Turf Cup S. (G2). The 1 1/2-mile headliner attracted an overflow field of 16, including the previous two winners of the race, and...

As the summer racing meets drew to a close, we saw several Kentucky Derby (G1) alumni in action from coast to coast. And, with Kentucky Downs getting underway, we can look forward to several more who have found their homes on the grass preparing to strut...

For the first time in history, Saturday's $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) will take place at Saratoga rather than its traditional home at Belmont Park. The 1 1/4-mile 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Breeders'...

A compact field of six will go postward in the lucrative $1 million Jockey Club Cup Gold (G1) on the final Saturday of racing at the Saratoga meeting. The “Win and You’re In” contest will provide the winner with a berth in the Breeders’...

The door has nearly closed on the division title hopes of any three-year-old
colt not named Essential Quality, who fought off a stubborn foe in
Midnight Bourbon to claim Saturday's $1.225 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga
under Luis Saez.
The...

Leading sire Tapit has yet to sire a Travers S. (G1) winner, but that gap on his resume can be filled at Saratoga Saturday by his champion son Essential Quality. 
Tapit is the paternal grandsire of last year’s Travers star, Tiz the Law, but...

A troubled trip resulted in his lone defeat, a fourth in the
Kentucky Derby (G1), but Essential Quality has reasserted his supremacy in the
three-year-old division by recording wins in the Belmont S. (G1) and Jim Dandy
S. (G2).
The gray colt can virtually...

On Saturday at Saratoga, seven sophomore colts will square off over 1 1/4 miles in the historic $1.25 million Travers S. (G1). A quality field has assembled for the 'Midsummer Derby,' including Kentucky Derby (G1) alumni Essential Quality,...

Champion Essential Quality leads a top field of seven three-year-olds postward in the $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. The ‘Midsummer Derby’ brought out some of the best in the sophomore division, and I am...