Kentucky Derby News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, March 8, 2024) – This week’s lone stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby will be contested in the “Sunshine State” where a field of 10 3-year-olds were entered in the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Grade III), a race that’s...

The Tampa Bay Derby stands as the lone Road to the Derby Race on the docket this weekend. It is the last 50-point race of the Championship Series of races.

It’s been a while since the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs produced a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner.

A total of 10 sophomores will run 1 1/8 miles on the main oval in Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs.

Of the top three finishers from last month's Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, only the winning No More Time returns for Saturday's $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3) over 1 1/16 miles.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series returned to Gulfstream Park for the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on March 2 and here are three takeaways.

The third of four qualifiers at Aqueduct this year, the March 2 Gotham (G3) offered points on a 50-25-15-10-5 scale and here are three takeaways from the one-turn mile event.

Ken Langone, Stephen Dunker, Vicarage Stable, and St Elias Stable’s Deterministic earned 50 qualifying points on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his impressive, two-length tally in the $300,000 Gotham S. (G3) at Aqueduct on March 2

The Godolphin homebred Encino earned 20 points on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard, following his one-length victory in the $142,500 John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Park on March 2.

The John Battaglia Memorial S. on March 2 served as the first of two Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers on Turfway Park’s Tapeta and here are three takeaways;