Kentucky Derby News

January 31, 2021

Medina Spirit all heart in Robert B. Lewis

After expending energy to set a strong pace on a deep, demanding track at Santa Anita, Medina Spirit had a right to succumb in Saturday’s $100,500 Robert B. Lewis S. (G3). Instead, the Bob Baffert trainee was lion-hearted as he fended off challenges...

Horse Profile January 31, 2021

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Greatest Honour

Courtlandt Farms’ homebred Greatest Honour picked up 10 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 5 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 30. Piloted by Jose Ortiz,...

January 30, 2021

Zaajel prevails in Forward Gal; Will's Secret romps in Martha Washington

Both of Saturday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) scoring races went to recent maiden winners making their stakes debuts. Shadwell Stable’s homebred Zaajel prevailed as the 3-5 favorite in the Forward Gal (G3), over the same seven-furlong trip as her...

January 30, 2021

Greatest Honour rolls in Holy Bull Stakes

Greatest Honour joined the Kentucky Derby trail with an eye-catching win in Saturday’s $200,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, launching a bold rally leaving the far turn to take command and draw off to a 5 3/4-length decision.
Jose...

January 29, 2021

Kentucky Derby winner Authentic voted 2020 Horse of the Year

Authentic, who joined an exclusive club by winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in the same season, was the overwhelming choice for 2020 Horse of the Year at Thursday night’s Eclipse Awards.
Held as a virtual event...

Expert picks January 28, 2021

Expert Pick of the Week: Holy Bull Stakes

A field of nine 3-year-old prospects will take aim at Gulfstream Park on Saturday in the $200,000 Holy Bull (G3). The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event offers points on a 10-4-2-1 basis to the top-four finishers towards qualifying...

January 27, 2021

Coach returns for Martha Washington; Zaajel to make stakes debut in Forward Gal

A pair of Kentucky Oaks qualifiers, the $200,000 Martha Washington S. at Oaklawn Park and $100,000 Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park, will be offered Saturday. Both races award points on a 10-4-2-1 scale toward a berth in the April 30 Kentucky Oaks...

January 27, 2021

Prime Factor tops nine in the Holy Bull

A brilliant 8 3/4-length maiden winner, Prime Factor will make his highly-anticipated stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The exciting Quality Road colt faces eight challengers in the 1 1/16-mile test.
The Holy...

January 27, 2021

Medina Spirit, Spielberg top deep Robert B. Lewis

Medina Spirit, a closing second to early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Life Is Good in the Sham (G3) earlier this month, looms as perhaps the horse to beat on Saturday in the $100,000 Robert B. Lewis S. (G3) at Santa Anita.
The 1 1/16-mile Lewis offers...

Pedigree fun facts January 25, 2021

Pedigree fun facts: Caddo River

Fourteen years after Hard Spun made a bold attempt to carry his speed in the Kentucky Derby (G1), his son Caddo River could try to do the same on the first Saturday in May.
Hard Spun was a warrior on the 2007 Triple Crown trail, finishing second in the...

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