Kentucky Derby News

A total of 13 sophomores will travel 9 panels in Saturday’s $200,000 Oaklawn S. The feature on a big day of racing in Hot Springs offers a starting slot in the Arkansas Derby (G1) on May 2 to the top-three finishers. In addition, if the winner...

Only time will tell who benefits most from the postponement of the Kentucky Derby (G1) to Sept. 5, but Maxfield is on the short list of candidates. After the unbeaten Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner was sidelined by injury, the first Saturday in...

Kanayama Holdings’ Herrschaft picked up 40 points on the 2020 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby following a 2 1/2-length tally in the Fukuryu S. at Nakayama. The sophomore led throughout and completed the about 1 1/8 miles in 1:53.40 under Yusuke...

Wagering on Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) will take place this weekend, beginning on Friday at noon (EDT) and concluding Sunday at 6 p.m. A total of 23 individual entries, as well as an option for “All Other 3-Year-Olds’,...

The March 28 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park served as a major qualifier for the Kentucky Derby, which has been rescheduled for Sept. 4, and Tiz the Law jumped to the top of the Leaderboard with the 100-point prize.
Here are three takeaways from...

The Kentucky Derby is deeply woven into the fabric of Americana. This iconic racing event goes beyond horse racing and touches many facets of history, culture, and leisure, and this series examines some of these ties. This week’s Kentucky Derby...

With a rescheduled Kentucky Derby still 22 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” has been made the 5-2 morning line favorite for Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”), which begins a three-day...

They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. That certain events happen once in a lifetime, never to be repeated.
Sackatoga Stable and trainer Barclay Tagg struck gold in 2003 when their unheralded New York-bred gelding Funny Cide sprung...

It’s been only two years since Justify rewrote the Triple Crown record book, but Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has another rising star on a similar trajectory. Charlatan did not race as a juvenile, dominated his debut sprinting at Santa Anita...

Fifth to Cafe Pharoah in the Hyacinth last out, 26-1 longshot Herrschaft rebounded in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama. The Kentucky-bred is not nominated to the Triple Crown, but the 40 points to the winner make him the new leader on the...