Kentucky Derby News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- February 23, 2021 – Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that Master Milliner and owner of Louisville-based Formé Millinery Jenny Pfanenstiel has been named a Featured Milliner of the 147th Kentucky Derby presented...

Nearly two weeks after he was originally scheduled to commence his sophomore campaign on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, 2020 juvenile champion Essential Quality will finally get to run in, and Oaklawn Park will finally get to stage, the $750,000 Southwest...

Withers (G3) hero Risk Taking has a well-constructed pedigree, a rock-solid foundation to assure even the most conservative investor. Bred along a successful cross, he also sports a less common inbreeding pattern, one that he shares with a commanding...

The $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park has long served as a local steppingstone toward the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3), Turfway's signature race. But Friday's renewal of the John Battaglia is the most significant to date—for...

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...