Kentucky Derby News

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...

The first two scoring opportunities on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby will come in rapid succession on Saturday. The Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket goes off at 8:50 a.m., followed by the Beresford (G2) at the Curragh at 9:30 a.m. (all times ET)....

WinStar Farm and Siena Farm’s Major General picked up 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series following his neck victory in the Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs on September 18. The unbeaten youngster completed the 1 1/16-mile...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021) – Hidden Brook Farm’s Hidden Connection reaffirmed that her flashy 7 1/2-length debut win at Colonial Downs wasn’t a fluke as she rolled to a 9 1/2-length victory over Mama Rina in Saturday...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021) – WinStar Farm and Siena Farms’ Major General is the early points leader on the 2022 “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” after the promising colt invaded from New...