Kentucky Derby News

March 7, 2019

The Derby Dispatch for March 7, 2019

This week’s Road to the Kentucky Derby features a stakes tripleheader on Saturday.
    Originally, four races were scheduled but the San Felipe (Grade II) has been tabled while Santa Anita’s track undergoes additional extensive...

Expert picks March 7, 2019

Gotham is the Best Bet of the Weekend

An excellent field of eight will vie in Saturday’s $300,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct. The Road to the Kentucky Derby event will offer points to the top-four finishers on a 50-20-10-5 basis.
California invader Instagrand will make his much-anticipated...

Horse Profile March 6, 2019

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Code of Honor

William S. Farish’s homebred Code of Honor earned 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby following his game tally in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The sophomore colt now sits in second with 54 total points...

Derby News March 6, 2019

Course specialists win European Road to the Kentucky Derby series preps

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby wound its way through England and Ireland in the span of 20 minutes Tuesday evening, with course specialists winning the Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions Stakes at Kempton Park and Patton Stakes at Dundalk.
Both...

March 6, 2019

Honeybee, Busher, Bourbonette Oaks to offer Kentucky Oaks points

Three Road to the Kentucky Oaks qualifiers will be held Saturday across the country, led by the $200,000 Honeybee (G3) at Oaklawn Park. The 10-horse field will travel 1 1/16 miles.
The probable favorite is the Tom Van Berg-trained Motion Emotion, who...

March 6, 2019

Instagrand gets back to work in Gotham at Aqueduct

Put away for the season after two authoritative victories to start his career last summer, Instagrand gets back to work Saturday in the $300,000 Gotham (G3), a one-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep at Aqueduct.
Winner on debut at Los Alamitos...

March 5, 2019

O’Brien still holds strong hand in rescheduled Patton

Despite being re-opened for entries after its transfer to Wednesday, the Patton S. at Dundalk features the same cast as originally drawn. Aidan O’Brien holds a strong hand in the European Road to the Kentucky Derby scoring race, won last year by...

Wagering March 5, 2019

Baffert's Game Winner, Improbable Head Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3; Oaks Future Wager Runs Concurrently with Oaks/Derby Future Double

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s Grade I-winning duo of Game Winner and Improbable along with last weekend’s Fountain of Youth (Grade II) winner Code of Honor are the individual morning line favorites in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future...

Derby News March 4, 2019

Spanish Mission faces streaking Jahbath in European Road to the Kentucky Derby race at Kempton

Two scoring races on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby are set for Wednesday, both over a mile on Polytrack. The Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions race at Kempton has drawn a field of 10. The Patton S. at Dundalk, originally scheduled for March...

Derby News March 4, 2019

Code of Honor makes Derby leaderboard move ahead of big prep weekend

Code of Honor (#2, 54 points) bounced back to his best form and virtually secured a berth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting gate by taking last Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Having earned four points for running...

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