Kentucky Derby News

The first of eight major Kentucky Derby qualifiers, Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) awarded points on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the top four.
Here are three Louisiana Derby takeaways.
Hot Rod Charlie revs it up in final Kentucky...

Godolphin’s undefeated champion colt Essential Quality was made the 3-1 morning line favorite in the field of 24 betting options for Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”) that will span Friday-Sunday.
 
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Given Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey’s methodology, you’d expect Greatest Honour to be a case study in the virtue of patience. And so it is – but with a rather different twist. Greatest Honour is here because of the determination...

Saturday’s $750,000 UAE Derby (G2) has attracted an international field in keeping with its venue, the Dubai World Cup program at Meydan. American shippers Ambivalent and Lugamo will line up against Japanese contenders as well as a talented home...

New Kentucky Derby 147 ticket inventory options will go on sale to the general public on Friday at noon (all times Eastern).
The new two-day Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby ticket options are uncovered reserved bleacher seating in the First Turn and...

Travel Column got back in the win column in Saturday's $400,000 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) while stating her case for favoritism in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on April 30.
The gray filly enjoyed a trip similar to the one...

California shipper Hot Rod Charlie grabbed the early lead in Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2), repelled Midnight Bourbon, and set a new track record at Fair Grounds. His first stakes victory propelled him to the top...

When Gary and Mary West’s homebred Concert Tour delivered a tour de force performance in the March 13 Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park, he elicited quite a comment from trainer Bob Baffert.
“To me, it was kind of an American Pharoah-type run,”...

As a homebred for the late Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, Mandaloun provides a poignant storyline on the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail. His rise as a classic contender is especially meaningful, since the entire dam’s side of his pedigree...

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 Juddmonte Farms’ three-time winner Mandaloun headlines this week’s action on the Road to the Kentucky...