Kentucky Derby News

Trainer Richard Mandella opted to wait on working likely Kentucky Derby morning-line favorite Omaha Beach this morning, instead sending the Arkansas Derby (GI) winner out for a trip to the starting gate and a 1 ½-mile gallop over a track rated...

The 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1) marks the 30th anniversary of the victory by Horse of the Year Sunday Silence in 1989. Following his retirement the son of Halo garnered little interest as a sire in North America and was exported to stud duty in...

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LOUISVILLE, KY., (Thursday, April 25, 2019) – Churchill Downs Incorporated Foundation today announced it...

Live Oak Plantation’s Win Win Win arrived at Churchill Downs at 5:15 (all times Eastern) Thursday morning following an overnight van ride from the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland for the 145th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented...

Willis Horton Racing’s homebred Long Range Toddy has taken the Oaklawn Park road to the Kentucky Derby (G1), reminiscent of Horton’s champion Will Take Charge in 2013. That stands to reason, since Oaklawn is the home track for the 79-year-old...

While champion Game Winner was long expected to bring Gary and Mary West back for another swing at the Kentucky Derby (G1), their homebred Maximum Security is the definition of a surprise package.
Maximum Security is by the Wests’ Breeders’...

Kentucky Derby (G1) contender By My Standards is living proof of the old adage, “Take care of the horse, and the horse will take care of you.”
At this time last year, the leggy, immature colt looked behind the developmental curve. His new...

William S. Farish’s Code of Honor, winner of the Fountain of Youth (GII) and most recently third in the Florida Derby (GI), arrived at Churchill Downs early Wednesday afternoon from Keeneland where he had been training for the past few weeks to...

WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing’s undefeated Bulletin, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint here last fall, heads a field of eight 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for the fifth running of the $125,000 William Walker...

Trainer Blaine Wright said via text Tuesday morning that Peter Redekop’s Anothertwistafate would be flying back to his home base at Golden Gate in Northern California and train there for the Preakness (GI).
  Anothertwistafate finished second...