Kentucky Derby News

The penultimate weekend of Championship Series races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby did not disappoint.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby wraps up on Saturday with the running of the $400,000 Lexington S. (G3) at Keeneland.

With five Thoroughbred and three harness tracks, horse racing in the Bluegrass is an essential part of the state’s economic fabric, a driver for the employment of thousands and millions of dollars in taxes and income.

Rick and Sharon Waller’s homebred Stronghold outdueled even-money favorite Imagination in Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby (G1), garnering 100 more points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Sierra Leone confirmed himself as one of the favorites for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, utilizing a dynamic late kick to win Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland going away by 1 1/4 lengths

Resilience was a dominant winner of the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday, securing a berth in next month's Kentucky Derby (G1) while leading home several pari-mutuel outsiders who garnered minor placings in the 1 1/8-mile fixture.

Where’s My Ring made her cross-country trip to Aqueduct worth it in Saturday’s $200,000 Gazelle (G3), and at Santa Anita, Nothing Like You was part of a banner day for Frankie Dettori.

The 10-1 shot Bracken’s Laugh got the last laugh on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, flying home to win the Cardinal Conditions S. by 2 3/4 lengths at Chelmsford City.

The bloom was very much back on Leslie’s Rose in Friday’s Ashland (G1), as the $1.15 million yearling upstaged champion Just F Y I and other Breeders’ Cup alumnae on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

One month remains until the first Saturday in May and there are only four remaining opportunities for horses to qualify for the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I).
Three of those races will be run Saturday:...