Kentucky Derby News

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...

Just as political polls are a snapshot in time, so are rankings of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls that can – and will – change as new evidence becomes available.
Hence I offer my latest list with a degree of trepidation, knowing with moral...

Ever hear the phrase, “A horse of a different color?”
Most have, probably in part thanks to “The Wizard of Oz” and the carriage ride Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion took through the Emerald City.
The phrase is...

Last year’s champion two-year-old colt Good Magic, who sparred valiantly with Justify in the first two jewels of the Triple Crown, has been retired to stud. He will now stand alongside his sire, Hall of Famer Curlin, at Hill ‘n’ Dale...