Kentucky Derby News

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...

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,...