Kentucky Derby News

The first scoring race on the Japan Road, the November 23 Cattleya Sho at Tokyo, produced a potentially smart winner in Dieu du Vin. None of the Cattleya Sho runners will contest the second points race, Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, so the...

As Churchill Downs continues to push for international participation in the Kentucky Derby (G1), the European Road to the Kentucky Derby and the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby are slowly gaining recognition and momentum.
Each international qualification...

A smashing maiden winner at Churchill Downs in his last outing, Answer In will jump straight to a Kentucky Derby qualifier in Sunday’s $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park. A field of 12 is set for the one-mile race at Remington Park and...

A 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying race will take place at Remington Park on Sunday. A dozen juveniles will go postward in the $400,000 Springboard Mile Stakes, with a 10-4-2-1 points structure going to the top-four finishers.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- December 11, 2019 – Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that Master Milliner and owner of Formé...

In a season where there was literally no standout among the juvenile colts, the early portion of the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby series will have a wide-open leaderboard when the final domestic points prep of the year, the $400,000 Springboard Mile...

As we approach the end of the Road to the Kentucky Derby two-year-old prep season for 2020, racing analyst John Mucciolo lists his top of the crop:
It is never too early for Kentucky Derby talk. So, as we near the conclusion of a fascinating 2019...

Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, Pantofel Stable and Mike Karty’s Shotski broke best and went straight to the front in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct. The two-year-old opened up a nice edge in early stretch and dug deep late...

Two scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks were staged on opposite coasts Saturday, and both were won on the front end. But one came more easily than the other, and the winners brought different profiles. Bast was already a familiar face on the...

Kentucky Derby hopefuls were in action on both coasts in a pair of Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers on December 7. Thousand Words gamely turned back Anneau d’Or by a neck in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), and Shotski posted a minor...