Kentucky Derby News

Allied Racing Stable’s Mr. Money padded his resume – and bankroll – with a fourth consecutive victory in the $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer on Saturday. The 1-2 favorite following daylight scores in the Pat Day Mile...

A heavyweight battle will take place on Saturday at Saratoga. A sensational field of eight will go postward to contest the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1), which features four of the top handicap runners in training. The Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)...

A titanic battle pitting many of the top handicap horses in the country awaits us in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday. An octet of accomplished runners will vie in the 1 1/8-mile event, which is a “Win & You’re...

Tax held off an unlucky but game Tacitus to claim top honors Saturday in the $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga, a prep for next month's prestigious Travers (G1) over the same track.
Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Tax was sent to the front early in...

An accomplished and talented field of six sophomores will vie in Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. The 1 1/8-mile feature is among the most competitive editions of the race in recent years, with each in the cast considered a...

An excellent and well-matched field of six will travel 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga on Saturday in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2). This important Travers Stakes (G1) prep attracted a cast of six sophomores, all of whom owns a previous stakes wins, with...

Preakness (G1) winner War of Will and multiple classic-placed Tacitus are among the six three-year-old colts and geldings vying in Saturday's $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga, a prelude for next month's 10-furlong Travers (G1) over the...

Scratched as the morning-line favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Omaha Beach could have a say in the three-year-old title chase after all. The Fox Hill Farms runner is nearing his first work back for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella at Del Mar.
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Fans had Kentucky Derby (G1) déjà vu in Saturday’s $990,000 Haskell Invitational (G1), where Maximum Security posted a gutsy victory but had to await a stewards’ ruling regarding an incident on the far turn. Unlike his Derby...

A strong field of seven sophomores will vie in the $1 million Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Conditioner Bob Baffert, who has saddled eight winners of the event this century, ships a colt in to challenge the top-two finishers...