Kentucky Derby News

Contenders for the Sept. 4 Kentucky Oaks (G1) will square off in a pair of weekday prep races, with Wednesday’s $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G3) at Indiana Grand and Friday’s $100,000 Beaumont Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.
Both races have been added...

A well-matched field of 10 sophomores will travel 1 1/8 miles in Wednesday’s $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3). The feature on a huge day of racing at Indiana Grand acts as a qualifying race on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series,...

Who is Uncle Chuck?
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Uncle Chuck picked up 20 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his four-length victory in the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3). The winner clocked 1 1/8 miles...

Fourth when making his stakes debut in the first division of the Arkansas Derby (G1), Winning Impression has been installed as a slight 3-1 morning line favorite in Wednesday's $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) at Indiana Grand.
Scheduled for 7:45 p.m....

The runaway leader in the points standings for the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Cafe Pharoah looks to remain perfect in the series finale in Wednesday’s Japan Dirt Derby. The exciting American Pharoah colt tops a field of 13 in the about 1...

Project Whiskey stretched out to two turns with a 38-1 upset in Saturday’s $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3). Unplaced in her last two starts at sprint distances, the Butch Reid-trained winner posted a half-length decision and received 20 points toward...

Uncle Chuck officially joined the Kentucky Derby (G1) fray on Saturday with an expected and popular victory in the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3).
In a field reduced to four following the scratch of Anneau d'Or, Uncle Chuck was made an overwhelming...

A compact but talented field of five will contest Saturday’s $200,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3). The 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 20-8-4-2 basis towards the Run for...

Piece of My Heart and Comical, the top two respective finishers from the May 1 Gardenia Stakes at Oaklawn Park, are top contenders in Saturday’s $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3). The 1 1/16-mile race at Delaware Park has been added as a qualifier in...

Uncle Chuck and Thousand Words provide Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with a solid one-two punch in Saturday's $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3), which offers Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points of 20-8-4-2 to the top four finishers.
The 1 1/8-mile...