Kentucky Derby News

A compact field of six will travel 1 ½ miles on the Woodbine turf on Saturday in the $800,000 Canadian International Stakes (Can-G1). The talented cast features four European imports, including the defending champion, as well as a pair of contenders...

A European-dominated field of six will vie in Saturday’s C$800,000 Canadian International Stakes (G1) at Woodbine. The 1 1/2-mile turf test is led by defending champion Desert Encounter from the barn of David Simcock, but I will side with another...

When Kentucky Derby handicappers refer to the betting odds – 5-2, 8-1, 50-1, etc. – what do they mean? And how can you filter through all the betting terminology to make a well-reasoned wager on the greatest two minutes in sports?
The odds...

The Kentucky Derby regularly features 20 three-year-olds in the starting gate and finding true win contenders in the field is a difficult task. It involves determining which horses will thrive at a distance that most have never attempted, and which horses...

Six weeks after dominating her debut at Saratoga in gate-to-wire fashion, Wicked Whisper led six rivals on a merry chase in the $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, in the process emerging as an early contender for the 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Confidently...

Godolphin's homebred Maxfield earned 10 points on the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby as well as an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita on November 1, following his impressive 5 1/2-length victory in the $500,000...

Godolphin’s homebred Victor Ludorum stayed on strongly to reel in pacesetter Alson and extend his record to a perfect three-for-three in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) at ParisLongchamp. The favorite banked 10 points on the European...

The Champagne Stakes
Seventeen years after the unheralded New York-bred Funny Cide put trainer Barclay Tagg and Sackatoga Stable in the spotlight with a victory in the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1), Tagg and Sackatoga might be heading back to Churchill Downs...

After winning the first two scoring races on the European Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby, trainer Aidan O’Brien seeks the hat trick in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) on Arc Day at ParisLongchamp. His Armory, the lone Irish shipper,...

Friday’s $400,000 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland shaped up as a clash among three notable winners from Saratoga, but British Idiom turned it into a one-filly show.
Running right away from the Spa’s top juvenile filly, Perfect Alibi, and well-regarded...