Kentucky Derby News

April 14, 2018

My Boy Jack cements Derby entry with narrow Lexington win

Saddled with post 10, facing a short stretch as a deep closer, and needing a win to ensure a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) field in three weeks, My Boy Jack had not much margin for error in Saturday's $200,000 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland. Under...

Horse Profile April 13, 2018

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Vino Rosso

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Vino Rosso
VINO ROSSO won a maiden at Aqueduct and an allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs last year and gave the impression that he would get better as his career progressed. He was favored both times, so internal...

Horse Profile April 13, 2018

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Vino Rosso

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Vino Rosso
VINO ROSSO won a maiden at Aqueduct and an allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs last year and gave the impression that he would get better as his career progressed. He was favored both times, so internal...

Horse Profile April 13, 2018

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Good Magic

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Good Magic
Chad Brown has trained a ton of turf superstars but that has typecast him as a “turf” trainer. In the past few years, his clients have been buying more horses with dirt pedigrees and Brown...

Horse Profile April 13, 2018

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Justify

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Justify
Bob Baffert was joking about needing to get starts into some of his unraced two-year-olds before the end of the year. It turns out, he wasn’t joking.
Knowing that every Kentucky Derby (G1) winner...

April 13, 2018

Kentucky Derby Update: Bravazo Breezes at Churchill Downs

Risen Star (Grade II) winner Bravazo began his serious preparations for the Grade I, $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on Friday morning when he breezed five furlongs in 1:01.20 at Churchill Downs.
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April 12, 2018

Magnum Moon brings lofty reputation, unbeaten record to $1 million Arkansas Derby

Magnum Moon stepped into the Kentucky Derby spotlight with a convincing victory in the Rebel Stakes (G2), remaining unbeaten with a three-length decision, and the Todd Pletcher-trained colt has returned to Oaklawn Park as the horse to beat in Saturday’s...

April 12, 2018

MULTI-PLATINUM, GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING PENTATONIX TO SING NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE 144TH KENTUCKY DERBY

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 12, 2018 – Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that multi-platinum, Grammy® Award-winning A Cappella group Pentatonix will sing the national anthem at the 144th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday,...

April 12, 2018

Kentucky Derby Update: The Derby Dispatch for Thursday, April 12, 2018

Note: Please open the attached pdf document or paste the following in your browser for additional information: https://bit.ly/2IPholR The Road to the Kentucky Derby will conclude Saturday as the final two races in the 35-race series – the $1 million...

April 12, 2018

Cosmic Burst, Amy’s Challenge face off in Fantasy

A field of eight has been entered in Friday’s $400,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.
The 1 1/16-mile event wraps up the 2017-18 Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of races. As part of the Championship portion of that series, the contest will...

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