Kentucky Derby News

Four years after her half-sister Polar River captured the UAE Oaks (G3), Down on Da Bayou romped in Thursday’s $250,000 renewal while rewriting the stakes record book. The Kentucky-bred not only turned in the best time in the race’s history...

A new leader will take charge of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby after Sunday’s Hyacinth at Tokyo, and two unbeaten sons of American Pharoah – Cafe Pharoah and Nile River – are prominent aspirants for the role.
The penultimate...

The second of four Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Oaklawn Park, the Feb. 17 Southwest (G3) awarded points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers.
Point values will increase for the $1 million Rebel (G2) on March 14 (50-20-10-5) and $1 million Arkansas...

Karl Watson, Mike Pegram and Paul Weitman’s Azul Coast added 10 points on the “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby” when securing a 1 ¼-length victory in the $101,800 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. The bay sophomore...

Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb and Doheny Racing Stable’s Mr. Monomoy earned his first stakes win following his 2 ½-length tally in the first division of the Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. In the process, the winner picked up 50 points on...

The long-awaited shakeup at the top of the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard occurred over the holiday weekend of Feb. 15-17. It was assured that the winners of the two Risen Star (G2) divisions would climb to the top two spots, and the beneficiaries...

Point values for the top four finishers increased to 50-20-10-5 in the Feb. 15 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. The Kentucky Derby qualifier was split into divisions, with each maintaining the original $400,000 purse value.
The 1 1/8-mile race marked...

The Feb. 15 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds split into division, with each maintaining the original $400,000 purse value, and point values in the Kentucky Derby qualifier increased to 50-20-10-5 for the top four finishers.
The 1 1/8-mile race marked the...

Pam and Martin Wygod’s homebred Modernist earned 50 points on the “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby” following his one-length tally in the second division of the Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. The 3-year-old colt picked up his initial...

As a New York-bred campaigned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law naturally elicits comparisons to their past champion Funny Cide. But the 2020 contender presents contrasts as well with the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness...