Kentucky Derby News

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series attracts a largely fresh set of challengers Saturday when a maximum of 14 colts and geldings will compete in the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds over one mile and 70 yards.
Of the gate-load of entries in the...

A huge field of 15, one of which is on the also-eligible list, will vie in the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday. Sophomores hoping to earn qualifying points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby event will travel two turns in the first of...

There’s a new three-year-old to follow on the international front. Florida-bred but Dubai-based Walking Thunder romped in last Thursday’s UAE 2000 Guineas Trial, leaving Royal Marine, the pro tem leader on the European Road to the Kentucky...

It is common knowledge that one does not enter horse racing to make a fortune; instead one must have a fortune to enter horse racing.
Or must they?
Horse racing has always been known as the Sport of Kings, and not just for the majesty of feeling it engenders....

Gulfstream Park plays host to a 12-race card on Saturday with two graded tests among the events. The $100,000 Marshua's River (G3) is one of those and it is where the Best Bet of the Weekend comes from.
The lightly raced La Signare (#7) (3-1)...

The 145th running of the
Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) on Saturday, May 4 will
be the richest in history as the purse for America’s greatest race and first
leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown has been elevated to a...

The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) on Saturday, May 4 will be the richest in history as the purse for America’s greatest race and first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown has been elevated to a...

The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) on Saturday, May 4 will be the richest in history as the purse for America’s greatest race and first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown has been elevated to a...

Half of the four Road to the Kentucky Derby preps scheduled in the month of January are in the books, and joining the point leaderboard early in 2019 was Mind Control, who earned 10 points for winning the $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct on New Year's...

Abel
Tasman, the 2017 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner and champion three-year-old
filly who is also an

Eclipse Award finalist for 2018 champion older dirt female honors, was sold
to Coolmore for $5 million at Monday's first session of the 2019 Keeneland
January...