Kentucky Derby News

The different types of horse sales was the topic of conversation last week as the last installment of our Kentucky Derby 101 series, but that only grazed the surface of auctions.
While attention is focused squarely on the four-legged equines who make...

Midnight Disguise drew off in the stretch of Thursday’s $100,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct to earn her first stakes victory and 10 points toward a starting berth in the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
With jockey Trevor McCarthy aboard, the large filly...

The higher the BRIS Speed rating the better. And when it comes to the Kentucky Derby, the winner always receives at least a triple-digit number (100 or more).
But the Kentucky Derby isn’t held until the first Saturday in May and it’s fair...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Instilled Regard
Boston businessman Lawrence Best has only been in Thoroughbred ownership for a couple of years. But he’s hoping his first topline horse can take him all the way to the Kentucky Derby.
Best,...

Thus far, breeding, foaling, handling and weaning have been discussed. But what’s next for the foal hoping to become a Kentucky Derby champion?
Well, at this point there are a number of paths he can take, but one of the most common is the auction...

The $100,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct on Thursday drew a field of six fillies to battle it out for their share of 17 total points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.
The 1 1/16-mile race will award 10-4-2-1 points to the respective top four finishers...

Popular champion California Chrome, who earned legions of fans during his Triple Crown bid in 2014, has sired his first foal – a colt born Saturday night at historic Calumet Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.
The foal’s dam is millionaire Pay...

Nominations of talented and promising 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to compete in the races of the 2018 Triple Crown – the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the $1.5 million Preakness (GI) and the $1.5 million Belmont...

5 Fast Facts for the largest winning margins in Kentucky Derby history
The Kentucky Derby is always full of great horses, so when it’s won by a huge margin, people invariably think the winner must be a great horse.
A quick look at the Derby record...

Firenze Fire displayed enormous heart gutting out narrow wins in the Champagne (G1) and Sanford (G3) last season and the fire continued to burn bright in the January 13 Jerome at Aqueduct as he gamely wore down pacesetter Seven Trumpets to prevail in...