Kentucky Derby News

European Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Beresford winner Japan
As a colt who didn’t see a racecourse until September, Aidan O’Brien’s JAPAN has made rapid progress to finish the month by capturing the Beresford (G2) at Naas....

Bellafina continued her dominance of the Southern California two-year-old filly division in the $300,000 Chandelier (G1), drawing off to a 6 1/2-length decision. Now a three-time stakes winner for owner Kaleen Shah and trainer Simon Callaghan, the Quality...

Trainer Aidan O’Brien recorded his 18th victory in the Beresford (G2) at Naas on Sunday, not with 11-8 favorite Mount Everest, but with 11-2 chance Japan, who caught fire late to deny his stablemate on the wire. Well handled by Seamie Heffernan,...

Aidan O’Brien runners swept the first scoring race on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, the Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket on Saturday, with Mohawk leading home stablemates Sydney Opera House and Cape of Good Hope. Aside from banking 10 points...

Game Winner continued his ascent as the West Coast's leading Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful with a 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday's $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
Pressing the pace-setting Rowayton to the quarter pole,...

European Road to the Kentucky Derby 
Beresford Stakes Preview
The Kentucky Derby prep-race season goes through Ireland on Sunday where a field of seven juveniles will go one mile in the Beresford Stakes (G2) on the turf course at Naas. There will...

A huge day of racing with major Breeders’ Cup implications will be held at Belmont Park on Saturday. Four graded races will be contested, three of which are graded and part of the “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series.
Race 7...

Kentucky Derby (G1) alumni Lone Sailor and Combatant are among 11 three-year-olds entered in Sunday's $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park.
Eighth at Churchill Downs and a narrow loser of the Louisiana Derby (G2) and Ohio Derby (G3) earlier...

Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket (8:50 a.m. EDT) serves as the first scoring race on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. The mile test could have a more immediate impact for Churchill Downs, as a “Win and You’re In”...

It started life as the Norfolk and in recent years has been run as the FrontRunner. On Saturday, the $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita Park oozes with long-term implications as both a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep and a 'Win...