Kentucky Derby News

Sent off as the 9-10 favorite off a sharp maiden win, Under the Stars posted a gutsy, front-running score in Saturday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez (G2) at Santa Anita. The three-quarter sister to 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Bodemeister did him proud...

If Courvoisier can run up to his exquisite pedigree by winning the Kentucky Derby (G1), he would fill a gap on the resume of top sire Tapit, and make history for his dam, Take Charge Brandi. She would become the first champion two-year-old filly of the...

Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez (G2) has attracted a field of six potential Kentucky Oaks (G1) candidates, competing for points on the 10-4-2-1 scale at Santa Anita. 
Awake at Midnyte, a daughter of 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Nyquist, represents...

Newgrange impressed while making all the running in the
$100,000 Sham S. (G3) at Santa Anita, winning his stakes debut by an easy 2
3/4-length margin. The $125,000 yearling remained unbeaten from two career
starts for Golconda Stable, Madaket Stables,...

A track-and-distance winner in his debut on Dec. 5, Dash Attack made
it two in a row over Oaklawn Park's one-mile trip Saturday in the $250,000
Smarty Jones S.
Sent off at 7-1 in a field of 13 newly-turned three-year-olds, Dash Attack
broke from...

With a pedigree as rich as his cognac namesake, Courvoisier splashed into the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct. The son of Tapit and champion Take Charge Brandi tracked the pace and drove clear in the slop...

Billy Turner, who trained Seattle Slew to a win the Kentucky Derby
(G1) and to a Triple Crown sweep in 1977, died on Dec. 31 in his Reddick,
Florida, home at the age of 81.
Turner, who had suffered from prostate cancer for several years, had entered
hospice...

Saturday’s trio of Kentucky Derby (G1) points races begins with the $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct. Eight aspiring sophomores have entered the one-mile affair set for 3:50 p.m. (ET). Like the ensuing scoring events on New Year’s Day –...

A full field of 14 newly turned three-year-olds will travel one mile in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park. The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series makes the first of
four stops at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, as a field of 14 will compete for 17 points
(10-4-2-1 scale) in the $250,000 Smarty Jones S.
Contested over a two-turn mile, the Smarty Jones will mark
the...