Kentucky Derby News

March 16, 2019

Long Range Toddy runs down Improbable in first division of Rebel

Long Range Toddy enhanced his Kentucky Derby status with a rallying victory in the first division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park, overhauling 2-5 favorite Improbable in the final strides for a neck win. Owned and bred by Willis Horton...

March 14, 2019

The Derby Dispatch for March 14, 2019

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Saturday’s Rebel Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park has been split into divisions and six-time Rebel winner Bob Baffert...

Expert picks March 14, 2019

Second division of the 2019 Rebel Stakes is the Best Bet of the Weekend

The second division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday features the three-year-old debut of champion Game Winner. The Bob Baffert trainee sports a perfect four-for-four lifetime mark and has been training like a horse sitting...

March 14, 2019

Rebel Stakes Study Guide (2nd Division)

Ten sophomores will go postward in the second division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Champion Game Winner shipped in from the Golden State and will commence his three-year-old campaign for conditioner Bob Baffert in the...

March 14, 2019

Rebel Stakes Study Guide (1st Division)

The $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) attracted 19 entries in total which prompted Oaklawn Park to split the Road to the Kentucky Derby event into a pair of divisions. The first division will see nine Triple Crown hopefuls go postward that is led by a trio...

March 13, 2019

Game Winner, Improbable head divisions of Rebel

Saturday’s Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park has been split into divisions and six-time Rebel winner Bob Baffert will send out the favorite in each race. Unbeaten Grade 1 winner Improbable heads a field of nine in the first division and champion...

March 12, 2019

Haikal, Tacitus crack Top 5 of Kentucky Derby leader board

With three Road to the Kentucky Derby series preps contested on March 9, there was much movement on the Kentucky Derby leader board this past weekend.
Virtually cementing a position in the Derby Day starting gate were Haikal (#3, 50) and Tacitus (#4,...

Horse Profile March 12, 2019

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Somelikeithotbrown

Skychai Racing, LLC and Sand Dollar Stables' Somelikeithotbrown took the lead soon after the break and never looked back en route to a decisive 3 1/4-length tally in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park on Saturday. The three-year-old earned...

Wagering March 11, 2019

All Others' 9-2 Favorite, Improbable, Game Winner 6-1 Second Choice in Pool 3 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Eight weeks in advance of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds”closed as the 9-2 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW).
 
Five-time...

Horse Profile March 11, 2019

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Tacitus

Juddmonte Farms' homebred Tacitus threw his proverbial hat in the Kentucky Derby (G1) ring with a stylish 1 1/4-length score in Saturday's Tampa Bay Derby (G2). The son of Tapit made his sophomore debut a winning one and picked up 50 points...

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