Kentucky Derby News

Second best to longshot Oxy Lady in last month's Tempted (G3), Enliven is the likely choice in Saturday's $250,000 Demoiselle (G2) over one, 1 1/8-mile lap of the Aqueduct oval.
The Demoiselle is a Road to the Kentucky Oaks series prep, awarding...

With the Kentucky Derby still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Old Colts and Geldings” closed as the 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes winner Signalman
As a big, immature colt by a late-developing sire in General Quarters, SIGNALMAN figured to be a work in progress, so it’s an encouraging sign that he’s...

After a troubled second in the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) and a third from post 13 in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Signalman put it together in Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Ken McPeek...

California-bred filly Make Happy remained perfect from two starts when bossing the boys in Saturday’s Cattleya Sho at Tokyo, the first scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. Sent off as the heavy 2-5 favorite, the Kazuko Yoshida colorbearer...

Two years after registering an upset with Farrell in the Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs, trainer Wayne Catalano and jockey Channing Hill played spoiler again in Saturday's $200,000 renewal of the 1 1/16-mile race for two-year-old fillies.
Liora,...

An overflow field of 16, two of which are on the also-eligible list, will contest Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-miles test drew a classy cast including the horses that finished second and third...

The Best Bet of the Weekend comes from Churchill Downs on Saturday in the $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2). A sizable and competitive field is assembled for the Saturday feature and I will look to the rail post for the winner. SIGNALMAN is the top...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby begins with the Cattleya Sho on Saturday (Friday night 12:15 a.m. EST) at Tokyo, and four American-breds will compete for points in the allowance race over a metric mile.
All four were purchased at public auction,...

The 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager kicks off this week, running from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday evening at 6 p.m. (EST). This is the 20th year for the Future Wager, which began in 1999, but only the sixth year Pool 1 will be offered in late November.
Judging...