Kentucky Derby News

With a $600,000 purse, Saturday's Stephen Foster S. (G2) at Churchill Downs is a major early-summer target for some of the best older horses in training. The fact the 1 1/8-mile race awards a 'Win and You're In' berth to the Breeders'...

A strong field of nine will travel 1 1/8 miles in Saturday’s $600,000 Stephen Foster S. (G2) at Churchill Downs. The feature on a huge day of racing is led by the once-beaten Maxfield from the barn of Brendan Walsh. A graded stakes winner at two,...

Scratched from the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a fever, King Fury hopes to resume his progress in Saturday’s $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown. The 1 1/8-mile test has attracted an intriguing cast of Triple Crown trail veterans and sophomores...

A graded stakes-quality field of six will go postward in Saturday’s $110,000 Roxelana S. at Churchill Downs. Three contenders who own previous graded tallies will lead the way in the 6 1/2-furlong affair, including the in-form Sconsin.
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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),...