Kentucky Derby News

A major qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series,
the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park shifted location on the
calendar this year, moving from three to five weeks out from the first Saturday in May.
The top two finishers from...

A rallying second in the Feb. 19 Risen Star (G2) at Fair
Grounds, Smile Happy will attempt to
get back into the win column in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G2) at
Keeneland. The major qualifier in the Kentucky Derby series awards points on a
100-40-20-10...

Trainer Todd Pletcher has won the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) six times since
2010, and last year saddled Bourbonic and Dynamic One for a 453-1 exacta in the
nine-furlong Kentucky Derby (G1) prep.
The Hall of Famer doesn't have longshots of that...

The debate over who is the West Coast's top prospect for the Kentucky Derby
(G1) will be decided Saturday in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) over 1 1/8
miles.
The Santa Anita Derby will mark the second meeting between Messier and
Forbidden Kingdom....

Hoping to follow in the hoofsteps of stablemate Malathaat, Nest will
use Friday's $600,000 Ashland S. (G1) at Keeneland as a potential springboard
toward the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1). The Todd Pletcher-trained filly is one of
eight in Friday's...

Fans will have the final pari-mutuel opportunity to bet on this year’s Kentucky Derby in advance of the May 7 race beginning Thursday at noon (all times Eastern) through Saturday at 4:30 p.m. for Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”).
Pool...

Magdalena Racing’s Tiz The Bomb picked up 100 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard after posting a decisive 2 1/4-length victory in the $600,000 Jeff Ruby Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park on April 2. The Kenny McPeek...

Gold Square, LLC’s Cyberknife picked up 100 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard following his 2 3/4-length tally in the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on April 2. The Brad Cox pupil negotiated...

Florida Derby
White Abarrio on Saturday fulfilled trainer Saffie Joseph's long-time
dream of winning the $1 million Florida Derby (G1), and now heads back to
Churchill Downs for a crack at the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1).
'It means everything,'...

Long well-regarded Cyberknife thrust himself into the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a breakthrough in Saturday’s $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park, where favored filly Secret Oath was third. Earlier in the $600,000 Fantasy (G3), a gutsy...