Kentucky Derby News

The Fair Grounds Road to the Kentucky Derby kicks off in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3), a 1 1/16-mile contest worth points on the 10-4-2-1 scale. The full field of 14 ranges from established stakes performers like Scabbard and Enforceable to...

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has gotten off to a fantastic start at stud, with his first crop propelling him to the top of the 2019 freshman sire earnings list.
The 2015 Horse of the Year sent out 27 winners, and his progeny collectively...

Seven fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Gulfstream Park turf course in Saturday’s $150,000 Marshua’s River (G3). The grassy affair pits a well-matched field featuring some accomplished turf performers, as well as...

A cast of seven fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Gulfstream Park turf course in Saturday’s co-feature, the $150,000 Marshua’s River (G3). Sweet Bye and Bye has never missed the board from seven career starts on the sod, and...

What is the first thing that comes to mind when I mention the names of Secretariat, Northern Dancer, Barbaro, Big Brown, California Chrome, and Animal Kingdom? The obvious answer is that they are all winners of the Kentucky Derby (G1), which is certainly...

Multiple Grade 1 star Bast took a while to find her best stride in Sunday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez (G2) at Santa Anita, but the 3-5 favorite finished strong to become the new Kentucky Oaks (G1) points leader.
Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who...

We're halfway through the January allotment of 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby series preps, and there are a lot of 10s on the leaderboard.
Not 10s as in 'perfect,' but simply a lot of different prep winners that have earned 10 points...

For the past few years, I’ve written a “pedigree fun facts” story including all the contenders for Kentucky Derby week. This year, we’ll get the fun started early by exploring pedigrees as the Derby hopefuls raise their profiles...

Authentic proved the real deal in Saturday's $100,500 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita, scoring a convincing victory in the mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.
Making his stakes debut off a 5 1/2-furlong debut...

Currently second on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard, Bast would leap to the top spot with a victory in Sunday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez (G2). The Santa Anita feature offers points on a scale of 10-4-2-1 to the top four finishers, and Bast (24 points)...