Kentucky Derby News

Parx Racing commands most of the attention Saturday with a pair of $1 million races on tap, but there’s plenty of other action to watch as well.
Here’s one take on the top 10 things to know for this weekend’s racing:
1. The $1 million...

Cairo Cat earned 10 points towards a berth in the 2019 Kentucky Derby and stamped his Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) ticket winning Saturday’s Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, overhauling pacesetter and even-money favorite Tight Ten in deep...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Iroquois Stakes winner Cairo Cat
Walking L Thoroughbreds’ CAIRO CAT became the first juvenile to earn points towards next year’s Kentucky Derby when annexing the Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs...

In 1780, Sir Charles Bunbury and the 12th Earl of Derby flipped a coin. Heads for Derby, tails for Bunbury.
Heads faced up when the coin landed.
And that, or so the tale goes, is how England’s iconic race came to be known as the Derby Stakes and not...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile
Iroquois Stakes winner Cairo Cat
Walking L Thoroughbreds’ CAIRO CAT became the first juvenile to earn points towards next year’s Kentucky Derby when annexing the Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs...

Triple Crown winner Justify arrived at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, on Monday, where he will take up stud duties beginning with the 2019 breeding season.
A son of Scat Daddy, who stood at Ashford until his premature death in 2015, Justify joins...

When even-money favorite Tight Ten set a slow pace in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3), and kicked away at the top of the Churchill Downs stretch, he looked on his way to victory in the first points race toward the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1). But...

Going into Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas (G2) at Churchill Downs, the key question was whether Serengeti Empress could repeat her sensational victory in the August 19 Ellis Park Debutante while stretching out to two turns for the first time. Bettors...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby begins Saturday with the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, and TwinSpires.com’s panel of experts have examined the 1 1/16-mile contest in hopes of kicking off the Kentucky Derby season with a winner.
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It’s never too early to talk Kentucky Derby and the new season officially begins with Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, the first of 35 Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers.
Lists for the 2018 edition have been...