Kentucky Derby News

November 30, 2017

Avery Island enters Remsen on a roll

Avery Island has left a positive impression in his last two outings, breaking the maiden by a 5 ¼-length margin and romping by 4 ¾ lengths in the November 5 Nashua (G2), and the promising youngster will make his first start in the Road to...

November 29, 2017

Demoiselle attracts eight to go Kentucky Oaks distance of nine furlongs

With just one month left in 2017, Saturday’s $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct is the penultimate chance for two-year-old fillies to pick up points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks before kicking off their sophomore campaigns.
The final...

November 28, 2017

Enticed, Tiz Mischief emerge in Kentucky Jockey Club

Enticed left the starting gate as the 3-1 favorite after a respectable third in the Champagne (G1) and Tiz Mischief was the 5-1 second choice off an eye-catching maiden win. The 2-year-olds proved to be the stars of the November 25 Kentucky Jockey Club...

Wagering November 27, 2017

'All Others' 6-5 Favorite, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Runner-Up Bolt d'Oro 7-1 in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1

With the Kentucky Derby still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) third-place...

November 26, 2017

Enticed ekes out head score over Tiz Mischief in eventful Kentucky Jockey Club

Godolphin’s homebred Enticed was sent off the 3-1 favorite against 13 rivals in Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) and lived up to those odds when pulling out a head victory under jockey Junior Alvarado on the wire.
The 1...

November 25, 2017

Ruggero captures Cattleya Sho in dirt debut

Takashi Muraki’s Ruggero switched from turf to dirt for Saturday’s Cattleya Sho at Tokyo, the first race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, and found the surface agreeable when prevailing in a three-way finish.
The nearly 4-1 third...

November 25, 2017

Road to Victory upsets Monomoy Girl in Golden Rod

Road to Victory was latched on tightly to odds-on favorite Monomoy Girl most of the way in Saturday's $200,000 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs, and the pair of juvenile fillies ultimately turned the 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep into a...

Derby News November 23, 2017

Weltall looms large in Cattleya Sho, first points race on Japan Road to Kentucky Derby

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby begins at Tokyo Saturday (late Friday night U.S. time) with the Cattleya Sho.
An allowance race over a metric mile on dirt, the Cattleya Sho is the first of an expanded three-race scoring series in Japan. The second...

November 22, 2017

Unbeaten Monomoy Girl faces 11 challengers in Golden Rod

Monmoy will put her 3-for-3 record on the line against 11 rivals in Saturday’s $200,000 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs. After capturing her first two starts on turf, the 2-year-old daughter of Tapizar switched to the main track and posted a...

November 22, 2017

Regally-bred Enticed among field of 14 for Kentucky Jockey Club

A son of Medaglia d'Oro and multiple Grade 1 winner It's Tricky, Godolphin homebred Enticed was bred to be a good one. His prospects, and those of others, for next May's Kentucky Derby (G1) can improve dramatically with a victory Saturday...

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