Kentucky Derby News

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.
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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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Flavien Prat didn’t know if Lombo would last the 1 1/16-mile distance of the February 3 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita but felt confident the speedy colt would be in front.
“I worked him last week and he’s got a lot of speed, was...

Based in South Florida, Avery Island shipped north to open his 3-year-old season with a two-length victory in the February 3 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. His last two starts – a Nashua (G3) win and Remsen (G2) second – came over the same grounds...

Audible was no longshot in the February 3 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, leaving the starting gate as the 3-1 third choice among nine runners, but nobody saw this performance coming.
Stepping up to make his first stakes appearance against a well-respected...

Fast rising stars McKinzie (#13), Audible (#1) and Mask (#12) join reigning 2-year-old champion Good Magic (#10) and the accomplished Bolt d’Oro (#3) atop the roster of individual betting interests in this week’s second pool of Churchill Downs’...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Avery Island
Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Racing has won many major races around the world, but the Kentucky Derby has eluded them.
This year, they will be hoping Avery Island can break the drought for them.
Avery...

Tampa Bay Downs’ $150,000 Suncoast Stakes joined the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races this year, and Saturday’s contest attracted a field of eight to compete for a total of 17 points.
The mile-and-40-yard event will award 10-4-2-1...