Kentucky Derby News

Front-running Gray Attempt gutted out a victory in last Friday's $150,000 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, thus earning 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points and entering the Top 20 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.
Just missing by a neck...

The Kentucky Derby is often called the “Super Bowl” of horse racing, but just how much do the events have in common? Before we get to the major points, here are a few intriguing tidbits about the grandest stages of them all:

The 2018 Kentucky...

Dwight Pruett has been here before.
The Arkansas-based owner won the 2016 Smarty Jones Stakes with Discreetness, but that horse has not won in 11 attempts since. Pruett is optimistic things will be different for Gray Attempt, who won the 2019 Smarty Jones...

Triple Crown winner Justify took top honors at Thursday night’s 48th annual Eclipse Awards gala, often described as American horse racing’s version of the Oscars. The champion three-year-old male by unanimous vote, Justify was also named 2018...

A fantastic field of 12 will go postward in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The cast includes some of the best horses in training with Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner and Horse of the Year finalist...

The nomination period for all 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to compete in the races of the 2019 Triple Crown – the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (GI) and the $1.5 million Belmont...

The Best Bet of the weekend comes from Oaklawn Park on Friday in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes. Nine sophomores will travel one-mile in the Road to the Kentucky Derby points contest.
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Gary Barber’s War of Will  soared to the top of the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard by taking the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds February 16. The first race of the 'Championship Series,'...

The final Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep for the month of January is Friday's $150,000 Smarty Jones, the opening day feature of the 2019 meet at Oaklawn Park.
The one-mile Smarty Jones is a lead-in to Oaklawn's other Kentucky Derby...

With a resounding victory in last weekend's Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, War of Will entered the Kentucky Derby leaderboard for the first time at #9 after earning 10 qualifying points.
The only other horse to enter the Top 20 via the Lecomte was...