Kentucky Derby News

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...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Remsen winner Maximus Mischief
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF took two simultaneous tests in the December 1 Remsen (G2) – a class hike in his first try versus stakes company, and a distance challenge to stretch out from...

The inaugural European Road to the Kentucky Derby winner, Gronkowski, will be off on his international travels again. After placing twice in four U.S. starts for Chad Brown, most notably when runner-up to Triple Crown sweeper Justify in the Belmont (G1),...

Racing is not just a sport, it is also a business. And like any business, there are several levels that make it up.
At the top is, of course, the owner, or the person (or persons) supplying money to run the business. Next comes the trainer, or manager....

Michael Ryan’s Positive Spirit advanced to the lead on the far turn and drew off to a resounding victory in the Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct. A maiden scorer at Churchill Downs on November 8, the Rudolphe Brisset-trained filly won geared down by...

Despite a little pre-race naughtiness, Maximus Mischief wasn’t fooling around when the gates opened, cruising to a 2 1/4-length victory in the Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct.
Well-behaved in the paddock, the two-year-old bay colt balked at loading,...

A dominant winner in his first two starts at Parx Racing,  Maximus Mischief will try to make an impact upon the Kentucky Derby trail when he lines up for Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen (G2)  at Aqueduct. The front-running colt...

The Remsen Stakes (G2) for two-year-olds is one of four graded events on a big day of racing at Aqueduct on Saturday, and it is the contest which will play host to the Weekend’s Best Bet.
Following a score by Signalman in the Kentucky Jockey Club...