Kentucky Derby News

In search of his first Kentucky Derby (G1) win, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen will give five of his stable's two-year-olds an opportunity to earn qualifying points for next year's classic in the Sunday's $400,000 Springboard Mile...

The “Best Bet of the Weekend” will come from Remington Park on Sunday. The $400,000 Springboard Mile drew a competitive field of 11, with many nice prospects among the cast. Trainer Steve Asmussen has five in the field and I will tab one from...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Los Alamitos Futurity winner Improbable
“When Justify went to the farm from Del Mar this summer, (trainer) Bob (Baffert) put IMPROBABLE in his stall.”
So said Elliott Walden, the President/CEO and Racing...

Pretty much anyone who has stayed up all night waiting for one of the cutest of all miracles, a new born foal, has come to the same conclusion: a watched mare never foals.
In just a few weeks, “foal watch” season kicks off as farms ready for...

No mare has produced a Triple Crown champion and a Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner, but that factoid may be in jeopardy after American Pharoah’s half-sister, Chasing Yesterday, captured Saturday's $300,345 Starlet (G1) at Los Alamitos. The 3-2 favorite...

Team Justify is back on the Triple Crown trail. That’s the inescapable conclusion after WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, and Starlight Racing’s Improbable romped as the 1-5 favorite for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday’s $300,345...

Six two-year-old prospects will vie in Saturday’s $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1). The Futurity is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 basis for the top-four finishers.
Conditioner Bob Baffert will have...

Trainer Michael McCarthy has endured a break-out season in 2018. The former Todd Pletcher assistant went out on his own a few years back and has never amassed success like he has in this season.
The conditioner has saddled the winner of eight graded races,...

A smashing 7 1/4-length winner of the November 2 Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs, Improbable will stretch out to two turns and make his first appearance in a Kentucky Derby qualifier when he lines up for Saturday’s $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity...

A field of six will travel 1 1/16 miles at Los Alamitos on Saturday in the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1). Trainer Bob Baffert, who has racked up a sensational mark with two-year-old runners in 2018, is well-represented with a pair in the field and...