Kentucky Derby News

A romping winner of the Feb. 1 Forward Gal (G3), Tonalist’s Shape will put her unbeaten record in Saturday’s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The one-mile test serves a qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, awarding...

If you needed any evidence that Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Dennis’ Moment is unflappable, just watch his career debut at ChurchillDowns last June.
Advancing on the rail in the initial stages, the Albaugh Family Stables runner was badly...

Champion 2-year-old filly British Idiom, winner of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (Grade I), tops the roster of 116 early nominations to the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI), North America’s premier race for 3-year-old...

Koichi Nishikawa’s Cafe Pharoah earned 30 points on the 2020 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby following his superb 1 1/4-length score in the Hyacinth S. at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. The exciting colt finished off the 1,600-meter test in a...

Hot favorite Cafe Pharoah extended his record to a perfect 2-for-2 in Sunday’s Hyacinth S . at Tokyo, taking over the top spot on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby with 30 points. But the American Pharoah colt accomplished the objective in an...

A big field of 14 sophomores will take aim at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday in the Hyacinth S. The third race on the “2020 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” challenge series will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 30-12-6-3 points...

Four years after her half-sister Polar River captured the UAE Oaks (G3), Down on Da Bayou romped in Thursday’s $250,000 renewal while rewriting the stakes record book. The Kentucky-bred not only turned in the best time in the race’s history...

A new leader will take charge of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby after Sunday’s Hyacinth at Tokyo, and two unbeaten sons of American Pharoah – Cafe Pharoah and Nile River – are prominent aspirants for the role.
The penultimate...

The second of four Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Oaklawn Park, the Feb. 17 Southwest (G3) awarded points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers.
Point values will increase for the $1 million Rebel (G2) on March 14 (50-20-10-5) and $1 million Arkansas...

Karl Watson, Mike Pegram and Paul Weitman’s Azul Coast added 10 points on the “2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby” when securing a 1 ¼-length victory in the $101,800 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. The bay sophomore...