Kentucky Derby News

A convincing winner of the Davona Dale (G2) and Forward Gal (G3), Tonalist’s Shape can sweep the Kentucky Oaks qualifiers at Gulfstream with a victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). The unbeaten filly tops an overflow field...

 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...

The Kentucky Derby has been rescheduled for Sept. 5, and the points-based qualifying system will remain in place. More qualifiers are expected to be added, and the $750,000 TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) on March 21 marked the first 170-point race...

The 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby will now be unlike any other. After last week's announcement that the Run for the Roses has been postponed until Sept. 5, the entire calendar of preps will undergo massive changes over the next several months...

Hustling from post 3, Wells Bayou seized command early and never looked back in Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. His first stakes victory netted 100 points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1), now postponed to...

One race before stablemate Wells Bayou led throughout in the Louisiana Derby (G2), Bonny South employed the diametrically opposite tactics to rally from last in Saturday’s $388,000 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2). The 3-10 favorite, Finite,...

The 146th Kentucky Oaks will be rescheduled from May 1, 2020 to September 4, 2020
LOUISVILLE, KY., (March 17, 2020) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) announced today its decision to...

With the Kentucky Derby being rescheduled for Sept. 5, new qualifiers will be added to the points-based system that determines eligibility for the 20-horse field. Those details haven’t been finalized yet.
Points accumulated in Road to the Kentucky...

An overflow field of 16 talented 3-year-olds are entered to contest the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds on Saturday. The 1 3/16-mile feature on a huge day of racing will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 100-40-20-10...

George Bolton, Arthur Hoyeau, Barry Lipman, and Mark Mathiesen’s Nadal garnered 50 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby following a game three-parts-of-a-length tally in the $1 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park.Trained by Bob Baffert...