Kentucky Derby News

A total of 85 qualifying points (50-20-10-5) toward the Run for the Roses are on the line in Saturday’s $1 million Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park. The lucrative 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest features a fine...

Eighty-five Kentucky Derby qualifying points were offered, and Saturday’s Gotham S. (G3) at Aqueduct produced a thrilling finish.
Here are three Gotham takeaways.
Massive upset by Weyburn!
A 46-1 outsider in his first start since early December,...

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, conventionally loaded this year with top Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects, will look to win Saturday's $1 million Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park for the eighth time in 12 years. Baffert's leading representative...

Tampa Bay Downs hosted its centerpiece event on Saturday, the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2), and a new Kentucky Derby contender emerged in the 1 1/16-mile qualifier, which awarded points on a 50-20-10-5 scale.
Here are three Tampa Bay Derby takeaways.
Helium...

Saturday’s San Felipe S. (G2) at Santa Anita awarded 85 points as a qualifier, and early Kentucky Derby favorite Life Is Good did not disappoint as the odds-on choice.
Here are three San Felipe takeaways.
Life Is Good crushes foes!
After winning...

Chiefswood Stables homebred Weyburn garnered 50 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his game triumph in the $300,000 Gotham S. (G3) at Aqueduct on March 6. The three-year-old earned his first stakes victory when...

Although Tampa Bay Derby (G2) upsetter Helium was not an early nominee to the Triple Crown, the Kentucky-bred has a pedigree filled with classic influences. 
Helium is a grandson of Distorted Humor, who has been prominent on the 2021 Kentucky Derby...

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby resumed from its winter hiatus last week with a pair of scoring races. Although Godolphin’s Highland Avenue and Scott Heider’s filly My Generation turned in winning efforts, neither is Triple Crown-nominated,...

China Horse Club and WinStar Farm’s Life is Good earned 50 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby”challenge series following his fantastic eight-length victory in the $301,000 San Felipe S. (G2)  at Santa Anita on March 6. The...

Helium was not only fit but also tough as nails when it counted in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) for owner D J Stable and trainer Mark Casse.
Making his first start since Oct. 18, as well as his first ever on conventional dirt and around...