Kentucky Derby News

January 3, 2021

Heavy favorite Life Is Good passes two-turn test in Sham

Nearly a year to the day after Authentic romped in his stakes and two-turn debut, trainer Bob Baffert returned to the winner's circle following Saturday's $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita after the highly-rated Life Is Good fended...

Pedigree fun facts January 2, 2021

Pedigree fun facts: Capo Kane

If one of your favorite runnings of the Kentucky Derby (G1) is the Street Sense--Hard Spun finish in 2007, you’ll love the pedigree of 2021 hopeful Capo Kane. Sired by Street Sense and out of a daughter of Hard Spun, Capo Kane grafts their...

January 1, 2021

Capo Kane much the best in Jerome

Capo Kane opened the New Year with a convincing victory in Friday’s $150,000 Jerome S., scoring by 6 1/4 lengths in the Kentucky Derby qualifier at Aqueduct. Overlooked at 6-1 odds, the Harold Wyner-trained colt led wire-to-wire in his stakes debut...

January 1, 2021

Capo Kane much the best in Jerome

Capo Kane opened the New Year with a convincing victory in Friday’s $150,000 Jerome S., scoring by 6 1/4 lengths in the Kentucky Derby qualifier at Aqueduct. Overlooked at 6-1 odds, the Harold Wyner-trained colt led wire-to-wire in his stakes debut...

December 31, 2020

Varda, Kalypso among Baffert quartet in Santa Ynez

Four of the seven fillies in Sunday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita are trained by Bob Baffert, including the top two from the Dec. 5 Starlet (G1), Varda and Kalypso. 
Like the Starlet, the Santa Ynez is a scoring race on the...

December 31, 2020

Life Is Good begins Kentucky Derby trail in Sham

The top individual betting choice in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, Bob Baffert’s debut romper Life Is Good bids to earn his first Derby points in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. 
A son of leading sire...

December 30, 2020

Swill faces four in Jerome

Following a fourth in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, Swill will look to gain additional qualifying points toward a Kentucky Derby berth when he lines up for Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old will meet four...

Expert picks December 30, 2020

Expert Pick of the Week: Jerome Stakes

A compact field of five newly turned sophomores will travel a mile on the Aqueduct main strip in Friday’s $150,000 Jerome S. The top-four finishers of the New Year’s Day feature will earn points on a 10-4-2-1 basis in the 2021 Road to the...

Horse Profile December 21, 2020

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Senor Buscador

Joe Peacock’s homebred Senor Buscador was a dominant 5 3/4-length winner of the $200,000 Springboard Mile S. at Remington Park on Dec. 18. The colt stopped the teletimer in 1:37.87 for the one-mile event under Luis Quinonez, and although he...

Horse Profile December 21, 2020

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Spielberg

SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Golconda Stables, Siena Farm, and Robert Masterson’s Spielberg earned 10 points on the “2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby” when posting a nose victory in the$200,500 Los Alamitos Futurity...

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