Kentucky Derby News

February 10, 2022
Mackinnon meets 10 in El Camino Real Derby
Multiple stakes winner Mackinnon
heads an 11-horse field in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden
Gate Fields. Contested over 1 1/8 miles on a Tapeta track, the El Camino Real
Derby is worth a combined 17 points to the top four finishers...
February 10, 2022
Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Sam F. Davis Stakes
An overflow field of 13 sophomores will vie in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1 structure toward the...
February 9, 2022
Classic Causeway heads 13 in Sam F. Davis; Nest returns in Suncoast
Runner-up to unbeaten Smile Happy in the Kentucky Jockey
Club (G2), Classic Causeway will
open his three-year-old season in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at
Tampa Bay Downs. The Road to the Derby series qualifier awards 17 points to the
top...
February 8, 2022
Smile Happy, White Abarrio Made Co-Individual Favorites at 8-1 in Pool 3 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager; 'All Other 3-Year-Olds' Tabbed at 5-2
The third of five pools for the Kentucky Derby
Future Wager (“KDFW”) is set for its three-day stand Friday at noon with the
pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” tabbed as the clear 5-2
morning line favorite while Lucky...
February 8, 2022
Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: White Abrarrio
C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable’s White Abarrio picked up 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series after posting a 4 1/2-length tally in the $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 5. The three-year-old Saffie...
February 8, 2022
Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Early Voting
Klaravich Stables’ Early Voting earned 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series following his commanding 4 1/2-length romp in the $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct on Feb. 5. The Chad Brown trainee led in gate-to-wire fashion in...
February 7, 2022
Messier, Adare Manor dominant at Santa Anita
Odds-on favorites ran away with both features at Santa Anita on Sunday by a combined margin of 28 lengths. The 3-5 Messier was much the best in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3), and the 2-5 Adare Manor was likewise a league apart in the $196,000 Las...
February 7, 2022
312 Early Nominations to 2022 Triple Crown
A total of 312 3-year-old Thoroughbreds were made
eligible to compete in this year’s Triple Crown series when the early
nomination phase closed Jan. 29.
Each of the horses from the 2019 foal...
February 7, 2022
12 Pedigree fun facts: White Abarrio
White Abarrio is a grandson of North America’s pre-eminent sires of recent years, Tapit and Into Mischief. As you might have guessed, Tapit is the source of his bright gray coat.
Here are his pedigree fun facts:
1. White Abarrio’s...
February 5, 2022
White Abarrio stars in Holy Bull; Girl With a Dream wires Forward Gal
After a checkered third in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), White Abarrio enjoyed a dream trip to dominate Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, the 6-1 chance was...