Kentucky Derby News

Stakes racing at the Churchill Downs spring meet continues on Saturday with the $150,000 Mint Julep S. (G3). The 1 1/16-mile turf test for fillies and mares has attracted a competitive field of 11, led by Grade 1 winner Juliet Foxtrot. 

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Grade 2 victor Mandaloun, who crossed the wire second in the Kentucky Derby (G1) in his latest offering, makes his first start since the Run for the Roses in Sunday’s $150,000 Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park.
The Brad Cox trainee first served notice...

A field of 11 fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles over the Churchill Downs turf in the Saturday feature, the $150,000 Mint Julep S. (G3). The grassy endeavor is led by the recent Jenny Wiley S. (G1) queen Juliet Foxtrot, who will be tough to upend...

Essential Quality capped a huge day for Godolphin on Saturday by
giving the worldwide racing behemoth its second transatlantic classic victory of
the day, and its first on American soil, in the $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1).
The reigning juvenile champion,...

Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1) shapes up as a clash between the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness S. (G1) form. Five horses last seen on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs, including beaten favorite Essential Quality, will test...

If champion Essential Quality can rebound in Saturday’s Belmont S. (G1), he would become a record-equaling fourth winner sired by Tapit. The only stallion to achieve that feat is the 19th-century patriarch Lexington, who sired General Duke (1868),...

Eight horses are set to battle for supremacy in Saturday's $1.5 million Belmont (G1) at Belmont Park, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown. Preakness (G1) winner Rombauer will be joined in the 1 1/2-mile classic by a half-dozen alumni from...

A field of eight sophomores will run 1 1/2 miles over Big Sandy in the 153rd edition of the $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1) on Saturday. The daunting 12-furlong feature headlines a blockbuster day of racing in Elmont, New York, and the third leg of...

Kentucky Derby (G1) alumni Helium and O Besos will square off against a bevy of promising newcomers in Saturday's $150,000 Matt Winn (G3) at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race provides an opportunity for talented three-year-olds to get an early...

Eight sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Churchill Downs main surface in Saturday’s $150,000 Matt Winn S. (G3). The well-matched field features a pair of runners who were last seen contesting the Kentucky Derby (G1) here on May 1, and I...