Kentucky Derby News

Flattered last week by Avery Island's win in the Withers (G3), Catholic Boy will seek to climb farther up the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard himself Saturday in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs.
The 1 1/16-mile prep for the Tampa...

The winner of the first scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Ruggero, has kept his possible dreams of Churchill Downs alive as one of three Japanese-based nominees to the 2018 Triple Crown.
Unfortunately, the same can’t be...

Prep race winners Avery Island, Audible, and Lombo all made noticeable gains on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard this past weekend, while Firenze Fire missed out on the chance to temporarily move into first place.
Avery Island (#7, 14 points), in...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Lombo
When Lombo went to the gate for the 1 1/16-mile Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3), he was seen mainly as a sprinter following three starts at 6 ½ furlongs or yet.
By the time he crossed the finish line,...

Phoenix Thoroughbred III’s Dream Tree continued her journey to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with an effortless win in Saturday’s $200,345 Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
The Uncle Mo filly stalked the early pace set by Thirteen Squared,...

Of the 360 three-year-olds nominated to the 2018 Triple Crown, 13 are based in Europe. Although no European shipper has managed to win the Kentucky Derby (G1), Great Britain’s Bold Arrangement was runner-up in 1986, and the Continent can threaten...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Audible
Leading trainer Todd Pletcher won the 2017 Kentucky Derby with a horse that hadn’t contested a juvenile stakes race, Always Dreaming.
He’s aiming for the same again this year with Audible.
Bred...

Lombo made his first Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier appearance a winning one in Saturday’s $151,380 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita, posting a comfortable wire-to-wire score. Flavien Prat was up for trainer Michael Pender.
A...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Mourinho
Successful European soccer manager Jose Mourinho proclaimed himself “a Special One” prior to winning several Premier League titles with Chelsea.
Trainer Bob Baffert and owner Phoenix Thoroughbreds...

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...