Kentucky Derby News

A total of six sophomore fillies will travel one mile on the Ellis Park main surface in Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl S. The Brad Cox-trained Wet Paint was last seen finishing a solid fourth in the recent Kentucky Oaks (G1) when sent postward as...

May 23 Matt Winn at Home of the Kentucky Derby Raised to 50-20-10-5
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 12, 2020) – Churchill Downs Racetrack today released a preliminary list of races that could be used for the extension of the “Road to the Kentucky...

Road to the Kentucky Derby
Ultimate Racing Guide for North American Kentucky Derby Prep Races
Finding a horse to follow on the Road to the Kentucky Derby could be overwhelming for some. With typically over 21,000 Thoroughbreds hoping to earn their way...

Sending two-thirds of his power trio to Oaklawn Park earlier this month for the Arkansas Derby (G1), trainer Bob Baffert walked away with both divisions of the 1 1/8-mile test as both Nadal and Charlatan earned 100 qualifying points toward the Sept. 5...

A little more than an hour after stablemate Charlatan wired the first division of the Arkansas Derby (G1), fellow unbeaten Nadal responded by capturing the $500,000 second division – in slightly faster time – at Oaklawn Park. Thus Hall of...

SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Fred Hertrich III, John D. Fielding, and Golconda Stables’ Charlatan earned 100 points on the ‘2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby’ following his six-length victory...

Charlatan confirmed himself as a star-in-the-making in Saturday’s first division of the $500,000 Arkansas Derby (G1), stamping his Kentucky Derby ticket with a dominant wire-to-wire decision. Now unbeaten from three starts, the Bob Baffert-trained...

Training racehorses is a craft that goes beyond merely physical fitness. The all-time great conditioners have additional skills that bring out the best in even difficult pupils. Thus any trainer who can prepare a 3-year-old to pass the test of the Triple...

While sweeping the Triple Crown is a huge deal, there's usually a lot more to a racing campaign than just three races compressed into a five-week span (give or take a week in the history of the series). The 13 Triple Crown winners have that one...

With limited opportunities across the country, Friday's $400,000 Fantasy (G3) attracted a full gate of 14 3-year-old fillies. However, the 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Oaks prep proved just a two-horse race when Swiss Skydiver and odds-on...