Kentucky Derby News

Crazy Beautiful will head to the April 30 Kentucky Oaks at
Churchill Downs with momentum following a sharp last-to-first win in Saturday’s
$200,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), breaking through for her first stakes
victory.
Kenny McPeek trains the...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby concludes with Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama. None of the three previous winners in the series will line up, so the about 1 1/8-mile test will produce a new leader with its 40-16-8-4 points structure.
Although...

A full field of 12 will aim to receive qualifying points in the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park on Saturday. The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 100-40-20-10...

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Saturday will arguably be one of the most action-packed days thus far on the Road to Kentucky Derby 147 with a quartet...

Roadrunner Racing, Boat Racing, and William Strauss’ Hot Rod Charlie picked up 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby series following his two-length victory in the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on March...

Davona Dale S. (G2) runner-up Crazy Beautiful has been established as a slight 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $200,000 Gulfstream Parks Oaks (G2). She will meet six rivals in the 1 1/16-mile race.
A major qualifier for the Kentucky Oaks...

Winner of the Fountain of Youth S. (G2) and Holy Bull S. (G3), Greatest Honour will receive his final Kentucky Derby tune-up in Saturday’s $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park. The 6-5 morning line favorite will face 10 rivals from post...

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...