Kentucky Derby News

After winning her first two starts of the season on or near the lead, Bellafina successfully reverted to stalk-and-pounce tactics in Saturday's $392,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G1). An authoritative winner, Bellafina now heads to Churchill Downs as the...

Always Shopping has the Kentucky Oaks (G1) to prepare for following a victory Saturday in the $300,000 Gazelle (G2) at Aqueduct.
A tracking second behind pacesetter Positive Spirit until upper stretch, Always Shopping edged away from that rival in the...

Overlooked as the 52-1 longest shot on the board, Commonwealth Stable’s Out for a Spin upstaged Restless Rider and even-money favorite Jaywalk in Saturday’s $500,000 Ashland (G1) at Keeneland. The Dallas Stewart trainee booked her ticket to...

Trainer George Weaver, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, has had one previous starter in the Kentucky Derby (G1), a 52-1 longshot that beat just one horse to the finish in 2015.
Weaver will head back to Churchill Downs in four weeks with a much stronger...

A compact but strong field of six will test the $1 million Santa Anita Derby (G1) on Saturday. The key Road to the Kentucky Derby event attracted a few serious Triple Crown contenders, and it makes up for its lack of quantity with high quality. The...

People across the country can now serve an authentic taste of Derby at their viewing parties on the first Saturday in May
Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced the official menu of the 145th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. In a nod...

Tacitus locked up a Kentucky Derby berth when springing an 8-1 upset in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) but still needs a good showing in Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct to establish himself as a viable win contender. One of seven...

The showdown took about six months to materialize, but last summer’s three flashiest juveniles on the Southern California circuit are finally squaring off in Saturday’s $1 million Santa Anita Derby (G1). Bob Baffert’s dynamic duo of...

Three vital steppingstones to the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) – the Wood Memorial (GII), Blue Grass (GII) and Santa Anita Derby (GI) – will be staged Saturday as 3-year-old Thoroughbreds continue their...

A full field of 14 will travel nine furlongs on the Keeneland dirt in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (G2). The Road to the Kentucky Derby series event will yield 100 points to the winner, with the top two-finishers likely to progress onto...