Kentucky Derby News

Trainer Mike Maker scored his sixth victory in the $217,010 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park Saturday, thanks to a determined effort by Field Pass to get by the 13-10 favorite Invader.
The Three Diamonds Farm runner could have banked 20 points toward...

The running of the 146th Kentucky Derby on May 2 is fast approaching as we are just seven weeks away from the Run for the Roses. And while countless things can occur on the Road to the Kentucky Derby between now and the First Saturday in May, it...

An excellent and well-matched field of eight sophomores will contest the feature at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, the $1 million Rebel (G2). The 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby event attracted a returning Grade-1 winner, a few local standouts, as well as...

Honor A. P. is literally a “Hollywood Story,” since that’s the name of his millionaire dam, but the Kentucky Derby (G1) contender offers enough story lines for a major motion picture.
The flashy dark bay was bred by movie theater mogul...

Victoria’s Ranch’s King Guillermo picked up 50 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 4 3/4-length score in the $351,500 Tampa Bay Derby (G2). The 49-1 winner completed 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.63 under Samy Camacho...

Cash is King and LC Racing’s Mischevious Alex picked up 50 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby after posting a two-length score in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct. The talented colt traveled 1 mile on the fast main surface in 1:38.80...

War Emblem, upset winner of the 2002 Kentucky Derby (G1) and the champion 3-year-old colt of that season, passed away in his paddock at the Old Friends Equine Retirement Center in Georgetown, Kentucky, on the morning of Mar. 11. He was 21.
War Emblem...

Trainer Mike Maker will take three shots at winning the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) for the fourth time in five years when the 1 1/8-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby prep is renewed at Turfway Park on Saturday.
Although none of Maker's trio has...

A top contender for the Kentucky Derby, Nadal will stretch to two turns and make his start in a Derby qualifier when he lines up for Saturday’s $1 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park. The 1 1/16-mile race will award points on a 50-20-10-5 scale to...

The March 7 Gotham was the third of four Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers at Aqueduct. The top four finishers received points on a 50-20-10-5 scale toward a Kentucky Derby berth.
The $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) on April 4, one of seven major...