Kentucky Derby News

T O Password dictated the pace and just held on in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama, clinching the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby title.

As we are approaching the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, I will take a look back at my handful of favorite editions of the Run for the Roses.

Track Phantom’s sire, Quality Road, never got the chance to justify his early favoritism for the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1), but he is exerting his influence on the 2024 trail.

Sunrise Soleil, a stablemate of Japan’s leading Derby hopeful Forever Young, contests Saturday's Fukuryu S. on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Fashion Maven Zanna Roberts Rassi Curates Looks That Honor Decades of Derby Fashion

An excellent field of 12 three-year-olds will travel 1 3/16 miles on the Fair Grounds dirt in Saturday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2)

The Lousiana Derby and Jeff Ruby Steaks offer wagerers two great fields and give Kentucky Derby fans an idea of who the top competitors will be entering the starting on the first Saturday in May. Darren and KK give their analysis, picks and add context...

The $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park has been rising in prominence on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Seven weeks in advance of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), Sierra Leone closed as the 7-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

A total of 200 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification points (split 100-50-25-15-10 among the top five finishers) are on the table in Saturday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds.