Kentucky Derby News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021) – Trainer Kenny McPeek had to scratch Tiz the Bomb, the 3-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s 95th running of the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) because of a minor ailment, but Plan B worked...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021) – Dream Lith put in a wide rally and wore down pacesetter Yuugiri in deep stretch to win Saturday’s 78th running of the $400,000 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs by one length. Sandstone, the 4-5...

The 7-10 favorite after a runaway debut score, Consigliere improved his record to 2-for-2 in Saturday’s Cattleya Stakes at Tokyo. The margin was much closer, but sufficient to bank 10 points and take early control of the Japan Road to the Kentucky...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby begins with Saturday’s Cattleya Stakes at Tokyo. Fifteen juveniles are slated to compete in the metric mile affair, worth points on the 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers.
Five contenders are coming off...

A deep field of 14 juvenile prospects will go postward in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The 1 1/16-mile endeavor attracted a slew of good-looking youngsters that could make noise in the race, and beyond, in...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby resumes Saturday from Churchill Downs where Albaugh Family Stables’ undefeated colt Howling Time,
the winner of the $200,000 Street Sense four weeks ago, tops an
ultra-competitive cast of 14 colts and geldings that...

The pari-mutuel field of “All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2019 Foal Crop” is likely to be a strong even-money favorite in Pool 1 of the 2022 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which kicks off a four-day run at Churchill Downs on Thanksgiving...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Nov. 22, 2021) – Churchill Downs today released the 2022 “Official Art of the Kentucky Derby” by Kentucky artist Aimee Griffith. 

This is the sixth year in a row that Churchill Downs has tapped a Kentucky...

Eight fillies and mares will travel one mile on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s $300,000 Chilukki S. (G2). The ultra-competitive affair features numerous contenders that prefer to run on or near the pace from the start, and I believe that...

Echo Zulu winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar (Photo by Horsephotos)
Four starts, four unchallenged victories. Three Grade 1 wins by a combined 16 1/2 lengths. Echo Zulu has been unstoppable this season and kept her unbeaten...