Kentucky Derby News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Nov. 22, 2021) – Churchill Downs today released the 2022 “Official Art of the Kentucky Derby” by Kentucky artist Aimee Griffith. 

This is the sixth year in a row that Churchill Downs has tapped a Kentucky...

Eight fillies and mares will travel one mile on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s $300,000 Chilukki S. (G2). The ultra-competitive affair features numerous contenders that prefer to run on or near the pace from the start, and I believe that...

Echo Zulu winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar (Photo by Horsephotos)
Four starts, four unchallenged victories. Three Grade 1 wins by a combined 16 1/2 lengths. Echo Zulu has been unstoppable this season and kept her unbeaten...

Corniche provided Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with his
record-equaling fifth victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) on Friday at
Del Mar, leading wire-to-wire under Mike Smith.
The 7-5 favorite in the $1.84 million event, Corniche's...

Unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) favorite Jack Christopher brings high speed and flashy looks, but not the stoutest pedigree as he stretches out to 1 1/16 miles at Del Mar. Several of his rivals sport stronger bloodlines that should come into...

An outstanding field of 12 two-year-olds will go postward in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar. The 1 1/16-mile dirt test features the top youngsters from across the country in what promises to be an exciting feature on the fantastic...

The New York shippers Jack Christopher and Echo Zulu are the
respective morning line favorites for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) and
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar on Friday.
Besides the championship implications, the Juvenile...

On both “Future Stars Friday” and Saturday at Del Mar, the Breeders’ Cup will include progeny of recent Kentucky Derby (G1) heroes.
Triple Crown star American Pharoah, who sired a Breeders’ Cup winner in his first crop with Four...

An intriguing field of nine two-year-old prospects will go postward in Sunday’s $200,000 Street Sense S. at Churchill Downs. The opening-day co-feature on a fantastic Stars of Tomorrow card attracted some attractive youngsters, led by a pair from...

Odds-on favorite Luxembourg remained unbeaten in Saturday’s Vertem Futurity Trophy (G1) at Doncaster, capturing his second race on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. Although the Aidan O’Brien pupil heads into the winter as the European...