Kentucky Derby News

Shortleaf Stable’s homebred Caddo River was taken out of Kentucky Derby consideration Sunday morning by trainer Brad Cox because of an elevated temperature.

    The defection of Caddo River moves Mark Schwartz’s Brooklyn...

While Taylor Made Sales Agency has a trio of graduates in the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), Sainthood has the deepest ties to the family firm. 
Like Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Super Stock and Tampa Bay Derby (G2) hero Helium, Sainthood was sold as part...

It’s a truism that racehorses are born to run, but St. Elias Stable’s homebred Known Agenda expressed that idea literally.

The son of Hall of Famer Curlin and Grade 1 queen Byrama took the run-around-mom play to a whole new level at his childhood...

On a cool Kentucky morning, a total of 17
Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horses put in their final timed workouts
before next weekend’s editions of the $3 million Derby and $1.25 million Oaks.
    The fastest move of the
morning...

Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Soup and Sandwich has earned 40 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series off the strength of his runner-up performance in the Florida Derby (G1) on March 27. The gray will make his second Grade...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon ranks 10th on the current 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby series leaderboard with 66 points. The Steve Asmussen trainee has compiled a 7-2-2-3 mark, with $461,420 in lifetime earnings to date.
Midnight Bourbon...

Derby Day has its traditions: cool mint juleps, yummy Derby pie, and trips to the betting window. Whether you wager at the Downs or at home on the TwinSpires app, you know that Derby Day will be a frenzy of stakes races with opportunities to cash in,...

Super Stock’s success is a heartwarming story of family – for his current connections, the renowned Asmussens, as well as for his breeders, Pedro Gonzalez and grandson P.J.

Pedro Gonzalez, a Cuban-American who came to the United States at...

Bernard Racing LLC, Tagg
Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry L. Stephens’ O
Besos was the lone Derby contender to breeze
Thursday at Churchill Downs where he cruised a half-mile in :48.
    With jockey Marcelino Pedroza
in...

Erv Woolsey and Keith Asmussen’s Super Stock punched his ticket to Churchill Downs on May 1 by posting a 2 1/2-length triumph in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 10. The colt earned 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky...