Kentucky Derby News

Grade 1 heroine Dream Tree is the one to beat in Sunday’s $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park as she puts her perfect three-for-three mark on the line.
The Bob Baffert filly is part of a six-strong field entered in the one-mile...

Nine sophomores will line up for their share of 17 total points offered up by the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, but not one entered in the Road to the Kentucky Derby points contest own a stakes win yet.
The 1 1/16-mile...

Good Magic, eFive Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables LLC’s champion 2-year-old Thoroughbred of 2017 and winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I), heads an international roster of 360 3-year-old Thoroughbreds made eligible...

5 Fast Facts for the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race.

The Robert B. Lewis whom the race is named after is the late Bob Lewis, a successful businessman who became a major owner along with his wife Beverly. He was the owner...

Multiple stakes winner Take Charge Paula highlights a field of eight entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
The seven-furlong contest is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races. It’s...

After a couple of weekends without a qualifier, the Road to the Kentucky Derby series gets back in full swing Saturday with a trio of points’ races: Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita and Withers (G3) at Aqueduct.
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The European Road to the Kentucky Derby is about to awaken from its winter hibernation, with the next scoring races just a month away.
It’s also about to get much more informative. That’s partly because the races are worth more points as...

Firenze Fire showed plenty of grit recording a trio of graded stakes victories, including the January 13 Jerome in his 2018 opener, and heart has never been the issue for Jason Servis-trained colt. His ability to thrive at longer distances is the question...

The 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull is one of three Kentucky Derby (G1) points races on Saturday along with the Withers (G3) at Aqueduct and the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. Derby qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 for the top four finishers in all three are...

After a couple quiet weeks, the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard will see some changes throughout the afternoon of February 3 when the Withers (G3), Holy Bull (G2), and Robert B. Lewis (G3) offer qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 to their respective top four...