Kentucky Derby News

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

Turfway Park featured new qualifiers for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks on Friday evening.
Hush of a Storm survived an inquiry and objection to post a minor upset in the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial S., and Wait for Nairobi recorded a 15-1 surprise in...

Turfway Park featured new qualifiers for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks on Friday evening.
Hush of a Storm survived an inquiry and objection to post a minor upset in the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial S., and Wait for Nairobi recorded a 15-1 surprise in...

An overflow field of 13 sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles on the synthetic oval at Turfway Park in Friday’s $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby event, which is the local prep for the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks...

Back in 2013, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey won the $300,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park with Orb, a stretch-running colt who went on to claim victory in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Eight years later, McGaughey is returning to the...