Kentucky Derby News

U. Carrot Farm’s Nova Lenda extended his winning streak to three in Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki, earning 20 points to become the new leader on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun is the second...

Trainer Steve Asmussen provided the exacta in Sunday evening’s $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park when Long Range Toddy held off Bankit by a head on the wire.
The eight-furlong contest is the final race on the domestic calendar of Road...

An interesting field of 11 will go to post in Sunday’s $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park. The lucrative event has grown in stature over the past few seasons and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The top four finishers will receive...

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...