Kentucky Derby News

March 4, 2021

The Derby Dispatch: Thursday, March 4, 2021

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Horses on the Road to the Kentucky Derby have turned onto the proverbial backstretch in their Championship Series races...

March 3, 2021

Highly Motivated emerges from winter break in Gotham

Trainer Chad Brown has been rather quiet so far on the road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1), but that could change on Saturday when he sends out two candidates in the $300,000 Gotham S. (G3) at Aqueduct over one mile.
The more experienced of the two,...

March 3, 2021

Life Is Good, Medina Spirit renew budding rivalry in San Felipe

Life Is Good will look to maintain his brief, flawless record against six rivals in Saturday's $300,000 San Felipe S. (G2) at Santa Anita, a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby prep that offers qualifying points of 50-20-10-5 to the top four...

March 2, 2021

Three Takeaways from the 2021 Fountain of Youth

After winning the Holy Bull S. (G3) in late January, Greatest Honour came back to add Saturday’s Fountain of Youth S. (G2) to his ledger. He will seek a sweep of the Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Gulfstream Park in the $750,000 Florida Derby (G1)...

March 2, 2021

Three Takeaways from the 2021 Southwest Stakes

Unbeaten juvenile champion Essential Quality opened his three-year-old season with a victory in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park.
Delayed 12 days due to adverse weather, the 1 1/16-mile Southwest was contested only two weeks...

Wagering March 2, 2021

Champion Essential Quality Made 7-2 Favorite in Pool 4 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager; Oaks Future Wager Runs Concurrently, Includes Oaks/Derby Future Double

Godolphin’s 2-year-old champion and winner of the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (Grade III) Essential Quality was made the 7-2 morning line favorite in the field of 24 betting choices for Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW), which will...

Derby News March 1, 2021

Greatest Honour, Mandaloun top Derby leaderboard as March preps loom

Essential Quality's delayed season debut finally got out of the way on Saturday when the juvenile champion put on a dominating display over a sloppy Oaklawn Park strip in the Southwest (G3), which had been postponed nearly two weeks due to inclement...

February 28, 2021

Wholebodemeister surprises in Davona Dale romp

Overlooked at 52-1, Wholebodemeister established herself as a Kentucky Oaks contender with a runaway victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Davona Dale S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
The Juan Avila-trained filly sped forward from her rail post to duel for...

February 28, 2021

Greatest Honour outruns Clock in Fountain of Youth

Courtlandt Farms’ homebred Greatest Honour continued his ascent as a major Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in Saturday’s $300,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Following up on his dominant display in the Jan. 30 Holy Bull (G3)...

February 28, 2021

Essential Quality returns a convincing winner in Southwest

Essential Quality had his three-year-old reappearance in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest S. (G3) delayed 12 days due to adverse weather, and caught a sloppy track at Oaklawn Park, but the unbeaten two-year-old champion did not disappoint as the odds-on...

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