Kentucky Derby News

The $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday attracted a field of 13, but it looks like a top-heavy renewal on paper.

A total of 11 sophomores will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Keeneland dirt in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass S. (G1).

A strong field has turned out for Saturday's $1 million Blue Grass S. (G1) at Keeneland, which awards Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification points to the top five finishers on a 100-50-25-15-10 basis.

The top three from the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), including champion Just F Y I, will meet again in Friday’s $600,000 Ashland (G1), but Impel has been installed as the 2-1 favorite in her first stakes appearance

The $1 million Florida Derby (G1) took place at Gulfstream Park on March 30, and the 1 1/8-mile race will look to provide the Kentucky Derby (G1) winner for the second straight year. Here are three takeaways

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series made its final stop in Hot Springs for the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) on March 30, and here are three takeaways.

Until Fierceness' blowout win in last weekend's Florida Derby (G1), Sierra Leone had been widely considered the early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite since his season-opening victory in the Feb. 17 Risen Star (G2). On Saturday, Sierra Leone will look to...

The $1 million UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan on March 30 served as a major qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, offering points on a 100-50-25-15-10 scale toward a berth in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, and here are...

The final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set to make its three-day run Thursday-Saturday where Repole Stable’s recent Florida Derby (Grade I) winner Fierceness was tabbed as the solid 7-2 favorite in the field of 39 individual horses plus...

The landscape of betting on the Kentucky Derby has changed a lot since the inaugural edition in 1875.

The first go-round of pari-mutuel betting didn't catch on.
Bookmaking ruled the Churchill Downs betting scene until 1908.
1878 brought a $5 minimum...