Kentucky Derby News

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...

Three Diamonds Farm’s Field Pass picked up 20 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his neck victory in the $217,010 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park. The colt completed nine furlongs on the Polytrack in 1:49.34 under...

The show went on without the crowds at Thoroughbred racetracks last weekend including at Oaklawn Park and Turfway Park, both of which hosted Road to the Kentucky Derby preps.
Nadal jumped up to third place on the leaderboard with an impressive win in...

After a scrappy victory in the Silverbulletday and a romp in the Rachel Alexandra (G2), Finite bids for a sweep of the New Orleans preps in Saturday’s $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2). Just five rivals will take on the odds-on favorite in the 1 1/16-mile...

An overflow field of 16 sophomores, including two also-eligibles, crowded the entry box for Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. Lengthened to 1 3/16 miles, the historic New Orleans feature furnishes a Kentucky...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Joel Politi planned a big party to celebrate Serengeti Empress in Saturday's Azeri (G2), and although concerns over COVID-19 caused Oaklawn to cancel its Rebel Day party, the Ohio-based orthopedic surgeon had no problem...