Kentucky Derby News

March 9, 2022
Go for Gin, 1994 Kentucky Derby winner, dies at 31
Go for Gin, who splashed his way through the slop at Churchill Downs
to win the 1994 Kentucky Derby (G1), has died at the age of 31.
The cause of death, which occurred Tuesday, was heart failure, according to
officials at the Kentucky Horse Park. Go for...
March 9, 2022
Classic Causeway tops dozen in Tampa Bay Derby
Classic Causeway, an impressive track-and-distance winner of the Sam F. Davis (G3) last month, will attempt to achieve an increasingly rare double on
Saturday by also winning the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs.
The 1 1/16-mile Tampa...
March 8, 2022
San Felipe Winner Forbidden Kingdom Made 5-1 Overall Favorite in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4
The fourth of five pools for the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”) is set for its three-day stand Friday-Sunday with MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm’s recent $400,000 San Felipe (Grade II) winner Forbidden Kingdom tabbed...
March 8, 2022
Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Simplification
Tami Bobo’s Simplification garnered 50 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his convincing 3 1/2-length score in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park on March 5. The Antonio Sano pupil clocked...
March 8, 2022
Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Morello
Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Craig Taylor, and Diamond T Racing’s Morello picked up 50 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series following his 4 1/2-length triumph in the $300,000 Gotham S. (G3) at Aqueduct on March 5.
The Steve Asmussen...
March 8, 2022
Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Forbidden Kingdom
MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm’s Forbidden Kingdom picked up 50 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after posting a superb 5 3/4-length tally in the $401,000 San Felipe S. (G2) at Santa Anita on March 5.
Trained by Richard...
March 7, 2022
Thurby To Feature Infield Music Performance By Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Churchill Downs Opens Thurby Infield General Admission for First Time
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, March 7, 2022) – Churchill Downs announced today a new Derby Week attraction that will open infield General Admission access for Thurby and feature a...
March 7, 2022
Eda wins fourth straight in Santa Ysabel
Baoma Corp.’s Eda bounded straight to the early lead, rebuffed challenges on both flanks, and earned her fourth straight stakes win in Sunday’s $101,500 Santa Ysabel (G3) at Santa Anita.
The winner of the Dec. 4 Starlet (G1) in her prior appearance...
March 6, 2022
Tiz the Bomb delivers in John Battaglia; Bubble Rock upsets Cincinnati Trophy
Tiz the Bomb launched a well-timed rally to claim the $125,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. on Saturday at Turfway Park.
The 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) runner-up struggled in his Road to the Kentucky Derby debut, finishing seventh...
March 6, 2022
Simplification rallies in Fountain of Youth; Kathleen O. best in Davona Dale
The lessons Simplification learned inadvertently in last month's Holy Bull (G3) proved useful when applied in Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth S.
(G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Expected to show speed in the Holy Bull, Simplification instead...