Kentucky Derby News

Instilled Regard will be the one to beat as point values increase for Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. As the first of 16 races in the Championship Series of the Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying process, the 1 1/16-mile...

With the Kentucky Derby 12 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 5-2 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) while Champion 2-Year-Old Male and Sentient Jet Breeders’...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Flameaway
Canadian-bred colt Flameaway wasn’t in the Kentucky Derby conversation prior to the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 10 – at least in part because he hadn’t been nominated...

A number of fillies have made their debuts on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard over the past couple of weeks. Here’s a rundown of the four Road to the Kentucky Oaks points contests that have taken place.
First up is the seven-furlong Forward Gal Stakes...

Red Ruby entered the Kentucky Oaks (G1) picture Saturday, wearing down long-time leader Sassy Sienna in the short stretch and posting a 2 1/2-length victory in the $122,500 Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park.
Owned by Sandra Sexton and Brandi Nicholson,...

Grade 3 winner Daisy was favored at even-money in Saturday’s $100,000 Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, but the Blame filly was unable to catch 7-1 shot C. S. Incharge on the wire of the mile-and-40-yard event, which is part of the Road to the...

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.
Under Jose...

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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Fans Encouraged to Sign Up Online to Receive Access to Pre-Sale Event
LOUISVILLE (February 8, 2018) – Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, announced today that tickets for the 2018...