Kentucky Derby News
March 7, 2019
2019 Gotham Stakes Study Guide
Unbeaten Grade 2 winner Instagrand will make his sophomore debut in the $300,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct on Saturday. The California invader leads an accomplished field postward in the Road to the Kentucky Derby event, with 50 points going to...
March 7, 2019
Thunder Snow, Gronkowski square off in Dubai World Cup prep
Two internationally based runners who were on the Triple Crown trail in the past couple of years, Thunder Snow and Gronkowski, reappear Saturday in a key prep race for the Dubai World Cup (G1). They square off in the $600,000 Al Maktoum Challenge...
March 7, 2019
Dream Maker, Win Win Win bring intrigue to 11-horse Tampa Bay Derby
Dream Maker returns to the stakes ranks after an 8 1/2-length allowance romp and Win Win Win stretches out to two turns following a track record-setting performance. The promising three-year-olds highlight a field of 11 in Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa...
March 7, 2019
The Derby Dispatch for March 7, 2019
This week’s Road to the Kentucky Derby features a stakes tripleheader on Saturday.
Originally, four races were scheduled but the San Felipe (Grade II) has been tabled while Santa Anita’s track undergoes additional extensive...
Expert picks March 7, 2019
Gotham is the Best Bet of the Weekend
An excellent field of eight will vie in Saturday’s $300,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct. The Road to the Kentucky Derby event will offer points to the top-four finishers on a 50-20-10-5 basis.
California invader Instagrand will make his much-anticipated...
Horse Profile March 6, 2019
Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Code of Honor
William S. Farish’s homebred Code of Honor earned 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby following his game tally in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The sophomore colt now sits in second with 54 total points...
Derby News March 6, 2019
Course specialists win European Road to the Kentucky Derby series preps
The European Road to the Kentucky Derby wound its way through England and Ireland in the span of 20 minutes Tuesday evening, with course specialists winning the Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions Stakes at Kempton Park and Patton Stakes at Dundalk.
Both...
March 6, 2019
Honeybee, Busher, Bourbonette Oaks to offer Kentucky Oaks points
Three Road to the Kentucky Oaks qualifiers will be held Saturday across the country, led by the $200,000 Honeybee (G3) at Oaklawn Park. The 10-horse field will travel 1 1/16 miles.
The probable favorite is the Tom Van Berg-trained Motion Emotion, who...
March 6, 2019
Instagrand gets back to work in Gotham at Aqueduct
Put away for the season after two authoritative victories to start his career last summer, Instagrand gets back to work Saturday in the $300,000 Gotham (G3), a one-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep at Aqueduct.
Winner on debut at Los Alamitos...
March 5, 2019
O’Brien still holds strong hand in rescheduled Patton
Despite being re-opened for entries after its transfer to Wednesday, the Patton S. at Dundalk features the same cast as originally drawn. Aidan O’Brien holds a strong hand in the European Road to the Kentucky Derby scoring race, won last year by...