Kentucky Derby News

They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. That certain events happen once in a lifetime, never to be repeated.
Sackatoga Stable and trainer Barclay Tagg struck gold in 2003 when their unheralded New York-bred gelding Funny Cide sprung...

It’s been only two years since Justify rewrote the Triple Crown record book, but Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has another rising star on a similar trajectory. Charlatan did not race as a juvenile, dominated his debut sprinting at Santa Anita...

Fifth to Cafe Pharoah in the Hyacinth last out, 26-1 longshot Herrschaft rebounded in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama. The Kentucky-bred is not nominated to the Triple Crown, but the 40 points to the winner make him the new leader on the...

Swiss Skydiver joined the Kentucky Oaks picture with a 9-1 upset in the $200,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), leading throughout to score by 3 1/4 lengths. The chestnut filly guaranteed herself a Kentucky Oaks berth winning the major qualifying race,...

So impressive was Tiz the Law in winning Saturday's $750,000 Florida Derby (G1), the New York-bred colt would likely have been favored in a Kentucky Derby (G1) run on the first Saturday in May.
However, like every other colt of his generation, Tiz...

The current leader on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Cafe Pharoah, is not entered in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama, opening the door for another American Pharoah colt – Danon Pharaoh – to take over.
The fourth scoring opportunity...

An excellent field of 13 will contest the $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby event has attracted some of the top 3-year-olds based in the Sunshine State and is an important qualifying event...

 Tiz the Law will attempt to rule over his Florida-based peers one more
time at the Gulfstream Park winter meet Saturday in the $750,000 Florida Derby
(G1).
In what could be the final

Road to the Kentucky Derby prep for some weeks due to the national
coronavirus...

 Tiz the Law will attempt to rule over his Florida-based peers one more time at the Gulfstream Park winter meet Saturday in the $750,000 Florida Derby (G1).
In what could be the final Road to the Kentucky Derby prep for some weeks due to the national...

Clint Gasaway, Lance Gasaway, Wonder Stables, and Madaket Stables’ Wells Bayou picked up 100 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his 1 ½-length triumph in the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. The 3-year-old...