Kentucky Derby News

The potential morning line favorite for the April 30 Kentucky Oaks (G1) could be decided on Saturday when a rubber match in the blossoming rivalry between Clairiere and Travel Column takes place in the $400,000 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2).
The...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby enters its most intense phase with Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2), the first scoring race awarding 100 points to the winner. The runner-up at Fair Grounds can also advance his Kentucky Derby...

Concert Tour ran his rivals in Saturday's $1 million Rebel S. (G2) off their feet while giving trainer Bob Baffert his eighth win in the 1 1/16-mile Oaklawn Park fixture since 2010.
Breaking sharp under Joel Rosario, Concert Tour outran 6-5 favorite...

Gary and Mary West’s homebred Concert Tour notched 50 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his 4 1/4-length triumph in the $1 million Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park on March 13. The superb sophomore endured 1 1/16 miles in...

Concert Tour is bred along a pattern similar to another homebred campaigned by Gary and Mary West – champion Maximum Security, who was disqualified after crossing the wire first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1). 
Both are by sons of Street Cry...

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With seven weeks remaining until the first Saturday in May, the action is heating up in the Road to the Kentucky...

When early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Life Is Good extended his unbeaten record to 3-for-3 in the March 6 San Felipe (G2), the manner of his victory became a hot topic of conversation. 
His imperious eight-length romp, in good time, underscored...

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...