Kentucky Derby News

5 Fast Facts for the Fountain of Youth Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race.

First run in 1945, the Fountain of Youth Stakes was named after the mythical fountain of youth which legend says Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was in search...

A runaway winner of last November's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) but a narrower victor of the Eclipse Award as 2017 champion juvenile colt, Good Magic will make his much-anticipated three-year-old debut Saturday in the $400,000 Fountain of...

Officially Licensed Artwork Available on Variety of Merchandise
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, February 27, 2018) – Churchill Downs today released the 2018 “Official Art of the Kentucky Derby” by award-winning American and Kentucky painter...

UPDATE: Kempton canceled racing Thursday due to heavy snow, and the Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions S. will now be run on Wednesday, March 7. Friday’s originally scheduled points race, the Patton S., had already been transferred to March...

With the arrival of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series points races, which began last weekend in the Risen Star (G2), changes to the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard should come fast and furious over the next six weeks.
While fans will have three...

Eleven years ago, Stonestreet Stables made its Kentucky Derby (G1) debut with Curlin, a fine third at Churchill Downs on the way to compiling a Hall of Fame career. Fast forward to 2018, and now it’s a son of Curlin, champion Good Magic, who’s...

Part of the continuing series 'Kentucky Derby 101' which follows a horse on the journey to starting in the Kentucky Derby.
In 2009, Mine That Bird swept up the rail at Churchill Downs, closing from last to first, to win the 135th running of...

Bravazo notched his first stakes win in the February 17 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds and with the 50-point prize, the improving 3-year-old likely guaranteed himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby field.
The 1 1/16-mile race kicked off the Championship...

My Boy Jack joined the Kentucky Derby picture with a flourish, closing fast to post a convincing win in the February 19 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park. A juvenile turf stakes winner exiting a non-threatening third in the January 6 Sham (G3) at...

Bravazo notched his first stakes win in the February 17 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds and with the 50-point prize, the improving 3-year-old likely guaranteed himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby field.
The 1 1/16-mile race kicked off the Championship...