Kentucky Derby News

The January 15 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park played out as many expected, with 3-5 favorite Mourinho accelerating clear from the gate and easily leading wire-to-wire. Combatant didn’t receive the right set-up but deserves credit for a respectable...

Jerry Hollendorfer mentioned other reasons like a favorable track surface and the race’s placement on the calendar, but the fact remains Instilled Regard was able to avoid heavy hitters like Bolt d’Oro, McKinzie and Solomini by shipping to...

The final Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep races for the month of January were contested over the three-day holiday weekend, so the leaderboard will remain stable until February 3, minus any defections in the interim.
The most significant mover...

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Bob Baffert wins a Kentucky Derby prep race at Oaklawn Park.
Actually don’t stop us because it happened, and we want to tell you about it.
The Racing Hall of Fame trainer who used Oaklawn to prep...

Instilled Regard continued his ascent up the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard with a 3 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Instilled Regard shipped east to...

Trainer Bob Baffert has successfully utilized Oaklawn Park’s series of three-year-old stakes leading up to the Kentucky Derby in the past, including with Triple Crown hero American Pharoah, and on Monday ships Mourinho to Hot Springs, Arkansas,...

Fern Circle Stables’ Stronger Than Ever was sent off at 33-1 in Fair Grounds’ $148,500 Silverbulletday but dug in to defeat even-money favorite Wonder Gadot when securing a neck victory over that rival on Saturday.
The Silverbulletday is part...

Odds-on favorite Firenze Fire needed almost the length of the stretch to wear down front-running Seven Trumpets in Saturday's $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct, the second point-scoring opportunity of 2018 in the Road to the Kentucky Derby...

Though 15 sophomores were originally entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds, a field of 13 appears to be on course to start in the mile-and-70-yard affair that is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series of points...

Scheduled as the New Year’s Day feature at Aqueduct, and the first race of 2018 to offer points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the $150,000 Jerome Stakes was postponed after a winter storm hit the Jamaica, New York, area.
After days of inclement...