Kentucky Derby News

Derby News April 15, 2024

Stars of Racing World Nominated for Kentucky Derby Week Stakes Races

– Some of the world’s best horses are set to compete at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby week in 22 stakes events worth a whopping $17.5 million.
 
Nominations for all Kentucky Derby week stakes races outside the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented...

Pedigree fun facts April 14, 2024

10 Pedigree fun facts: Honor Marie

Ten years after sire Honor Code missed his chance at the classics, Honor Marie could be blossoming just in time for the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1).

Derby News April 13, 2024

Encino creeps closer to Kentucky Derby qualification with Lexington score

The Kentucky Derby (G1) is a prize that has eluded Godolphin for years, but the global breeding juggernaut isn't quite out of the running for the 150th edition of the Churchill Downs classic following Encino's wire-to-wire victory in the $365,500 Lexington...

Expert picks April 12, 2024

Expert Pick of the Week: 2024 Lexington Stakes

A nice field of 10 sophomores will go postward at Keeneland on Saturday in the $400,000 Lexington S. (G3).

Pedigree fun facts April 11, 2024

10 Pedigree fun facts: Forever Young

Bred by Japan’s famed Northern Farm, Forever Young sports a pedigree filled with familiar names from U.S. racing history.

Podcast April 11, 2024

Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Lexington Stakes Preview

There will be a lot of moving parts throughout the next three weeks until the Kentucky Derby but Saturday’s Lexington Stakes is a major part of deciding who’s in and who’s out of this year’s field.

April 11, 2024

Kentucky Derby Update: Derby Dispatch for Thursday, April 11

Just one race remains on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the $400,000 Lexington Stakes (Grade III) run on Saturday at Keeneland.
Throughout the last seven months, the field for this year’s 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by...

Derby News April 10, 2024

Derby 101: Finding Juveniles who will become Kentucky Derby horses

Different criteria go into the search for my next Kentucky Derby winner, but the main thing that I look for is a horse with a ‘wow factor.’ The phrase has various interpretations, but it works for me.

Expert picks April 10, 2024

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Resilience

Ric Waldman and Emily Bushnell’s Resilience earned 100 points on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard following his 2 1/4-length triumph in the $750,000 Wood Memorial S. (G2) at Aqueduct on April 6.

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