Kentucky Derby News

Derby’s First Featured Milliner Continues Role for Third Consecutive Year
LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 21, 2020 – Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that Christine Moore will continue for the third year as a featured milliner of the 146th...

As the Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls dueled down the stretch of Saturday’s $148,500 Silverbulletday at Fair Grounds, Finite looked vulnerable to upset-minded Ursula. But the 3-5 favorite kept finding more to force her neck in front at the wire, handing...

Continuing was has become sort of a family tradition, Enforceable became the fourth graded stakes winner produced by his dam when stylishly taking the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday night.
The John Oxley-owned gray also earned 10 qualifying...

Oaklawn Park opens Friday with a Kentucky Derby qualifier, the $150,000 Smarty Jones, serving as the main event on a nine-race program. Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen will send four to the one-mile test including Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) winner...

A full field of 14 sophomores will take aim at the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday. A strong field of prospects will run in the 1 1/16-mile endeavor, which is a qualifying race in the “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby” challenge...

Which Kentucky Derby hopeful should I bet in the Lecomte?
A field of 14 sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles in the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday. The finale of a superb 13-race card attracted some excellent prospects vying for points...

As the only winner of a Kentucky Oaks (G1) scoring race in the line-up, Finite looms as the one to beat in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday at Fair Grounds. But a couple of her opponents bring untapped potential into the mile and 70-yard affair...

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...