Kentucky Derby News

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...

After months of flux in the three-year-old ranks, Maximum Security brought order and clarity in a Cigar Mile H. (G1) romp at Aqueduct on Saturday to sum up his case for the Eclipse Award as divisional champion. The disqualified first-past-the-post in...

Nine juveniles will go postward in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct  on Saturday. The “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby” event attracted a well-matched field of two-year-olds going 1 ⅛ miles on the dirt, and it will offer points on...

Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks hopefuls will square off at Aqueduct Saturday in the $250,000 Remsen (G2) and $250,000 Demoiselle (G2). The qualifying races offer points toward a berth in the Derby and Oaks next spring, with the top four finishers rewarded...

Who should you bet in the Remsen Stakes?
Nine two-year-old colts will travel 1 ⅛ miles on the Aqueduct main surface in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2). An evenly-matched cast will contest the “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby”...

Small fields will contest the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), the penultimate 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby prep of 2019, and the $300,000 Starlet (G1), the final 2020 Road to the Kentucky Oaks prep of the year, on Saturday.
Trainer Bob Baffert,...