Kentucky Derby News

Pedigree fun facts December 8, 2019

Bast turns tables in Starlet; Lake Avenue runs up to pedigree in Demoiselle

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...

December 8, 2019

Thousand Words fights back to win Los Alamitos Futurity; Shotski wire to wire in Remsen

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...

December 7, 2019

Maximum Security eclipses Cigar Mile foes in bid for championship

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...

December 6, 2019

Remsen

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...

December 5, 2019

Well-matched fields compete for points in Remsen, Demoiselle

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...

Expert picks December 5, 2019

Expert Pick of the Week: The Remsen Stakes

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”...

December 5, 2019

Los Alamitos Futurity, Starlet attract division heavyweights

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,...

Horse Profile December 1, 2019

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Silver Prospector

Ed and Susan Orr’s Silver Prospector earned 10 points on the “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby” following his triumph in Saturday’s Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs. The two-year-old colt earned his first graded...

December 1, 2019

Finite, Silver Prospector shine bright on rainy day at Churchill Downs

A rainy day and a sloppy, sealed track would normally dampen the spirits of horsemen and horseplayers alike, but no amount of rain could spoil the parade of trainer Steve Asmussen and jockey Ricardo Santana Jr., who nabbed a memorable graded stakes...

November 27, 2019

Finite rates as 7-5 favorite in Golden Rod

Winchell Thoroughbreds, Thomas Reiman, William Dickson and Deborah Easter’s impressive $123,859 Rags to Riches winner Finite tops a field of eight 2-year-old fillies that were entered in Saturday’s 76th running...

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