Kentucky Derby News

Part of a continuing series 'Kentucky Derby 101' which follows a horse on the journey to starting in the Kentucky Derby.
Anyone who has ever watched old time westerns on TV know the prescribed method of teaching a horse to carry a rider is...

Part of a continuing series 'Kentucky Derby 101' which follows a horse on the journey to starting in the Kentucky Derby.
Anyone who has ever watched old time westerns on TV know the prescribed method of teaching a horse to carry a rider is...

Avery Island tracked a longshot pacesetter to the far turn, seized command, and safely held off two pursuers through the stretch to take Saturday's $245,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct.
A homebred racing for Godolphin, Avery Island scored by two lengths...

Take Charge Paula joined the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard on Saturday with an easy victory in the $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
The dark bay daughter of Take Charge Indy pressed the early pace set by Heavenhasmynikki through the opening...

Audible was heard loud and clear in Saturday's $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, turning back a stretch challenge from Free Drop Billy and coasting home an easy winner under Javier Castellano.
Owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, and...

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...