Kentucky Derby News

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.

Derby News April 10, 2024

Hades seeks Derby berth in Lexington

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series closes Saturday with the $400,000 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland

Derby News April 9, 2024

Takeaways from 2024 Blue Grass

The $1 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland on April 6 will yield multiple runners for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, and here are three takeaways

Derby News April 9, 2024

Takeaways from 2024 Santa Anita Derby

The last of eight major qualifiers in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 6 has played an important role in recent decades, and here are three takeaways

Derby News April 9, 2024

Takeaways from 2024 Wood Memorial

The Road to the Kentucky Derby made its final stop in New York for the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) on April 6, and here are three takeaways

Horse Profile April 8, 2024

Tales from the Crib: Sierra Leone

“He’s been a star since he’s been born.” So trainer Chad Brown aptly summed up Sierra Leone in his postrace interview at Keeneland.

Podcast April 8, 2024

Inside the Kentucky Derby: Blue Grass, Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby Recap

The penultimate weekend of Championship Series races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby did not disappoint.

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