Kentucky Derby News

Last Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs was the only Kentucky Derby prep of the weekend and it produced an upset winner in Flameaway, who thus far has not been nominated to the Triple Crown.
While he’ll presumably be...

Instilled Regard will be the one to beat as point values increase for Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. As the first of 16 races in the Championship Series of the Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying process, the 1 1/16-mile...

With the Kentucky Derby 12 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 5-2 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) while Champion 2-Year-Old Male and Sentient Jet Breeders’...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Flameaway
Canadian-bred colt Flameaway wasn’t in the Kentucky Derby conversation prior to the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 10 – at least in part because he hadn’t been nominated...

A number of fillies have made their debuts on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard over the past couple of weeks. Here’s a rundown of the four Road to the Kentucky Oaks points contests that have taken place.
First up is the seven-furlong Forward Gal Stakes...

Red Ruby entered the Kentucky Oaks (G1) picture Saturday, wearing down long-time leader Sassy Sienna in the short stretch and posting a 2 1/2-length victory in the $122,500 Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park.
Owned by Sandra Sexton and Brandi Nicholson,...

Grade 3 winner Daisy was favored at even-money in Saturday’s $100,000 Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, but the Blame filly was unable to catch 7-1 shot C. S. Incharge on the wire of the mile-and-40-yard event, which is part of the Road to the...

Front-running Flameaway repelled a challenge from odds-on Catholic Boy through the long stretch to prevail by a half-length in Saturday's $200,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series points race.
Under Jose...

Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opened at noon (EST) on Friday, and you can choose to back any of 23 individual betting interests, plus an additional catch-all option of “all other three-year-olds,” until closing time 6 p.m. (EST)...

Wagering on Montauk (#15), an 11 ¼-length debut winner at Belmont Park in October, has been suspended for the second of four pools of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens its three-day run on Friday at noon (all times Eastern).
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