Kentucky Derby News

Turfway Park's acquisition by Churchill Downs has given the northern Kentucky track additional point-scoring races on both the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby and Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, beginning with Friday's $100,000 John Battaglia...

Triple Crown-nominated La Perouse was slow to begin in Sunday’s Hyacinth S. at Tokyo, but rolled late to take leadership of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kazuo Fujisawa trainee banked 30 points, surpassing the winners of the first two...

Takeru Pegasus nearly wired the first race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, the Nov. 28 Cattleya Stakes, only to be run down late by Lemon Pop. Sunday’s Hyacinth Stakes is held over the same metric mile at Tokyo, and with no Lemon Pop in...

John Fradkin and Diane Fradkin’s homebred Rombauer earned 10 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his neck victory in the $101,350 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate on Feb. 13. The three-year-old colt negotiated...

Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Mandaloun earned 50 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 1 1/4-length triumph in the $400,000 Risen Star S. (G3) at Fair Grounds on February 13. The sophomore negotiated 1 1/8 miles...

A Kentucky-bred daughter of Empire Maker, Mnasek has earned her ticket back stateside after a dominant victory in Thursday’s $125,000 UAE Oaks (G3) at Meydan. But the Al Rashid Stables runner could make one more start in Dubai, if connections decide...

Derby’s First Featured Milliner Continues Role for Fourth Consecutive Year
LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 16, 2020 – Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that Christine Moore will continue for the fourth year as a featured milliner of the...

Point values increased from the Feb. 13 Risen Star S. (G2), and Mandaloun likely guaranteed his Kentucky Derby participation by posting a 1 1/4-length victory.
As part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the 1 1/8-mile Risen Star awarded points...

Sent off as the 6-5 favorite in Saturday’s $101,350 El Camino Real Derby, Rombauer closed from last to deny the filly Javanica by a neck at Golden Gate Fields. John and Diane Fradkin’s homebred added 10 more points toward the Kentucky Derby...

After coming up short as the odds-on favorite in the Lecomte S. (G3), Mandaloun rebounded with the addition of blinkers in Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star S. (G2) at Fair Grounds, driving to a 1 1/4-length victory.
The 1 1/8-mile Risen Star is the...