Kentucky Derby News

5 Fast Facts about the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes

Founded in 1920, the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is one of the most important late-season 2-year-old races. Frequently it’s a target for horses not quite up to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile standard...

Coca-Cola Consolidated To Celebrate Partnership with Limited-Edition Kentucky Derby 144 Bottle This Spring 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (November 20, 2017) – Churchill Downs, the legendary home of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and the...

The first of Churchill Downs’ four 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”) pools kicks off its four-day run on Thanksgiving Day with a familiar wagering favorite in “All Others” (#24, 7-5 on the morning line), but a strong...

Offspring sired by Curlin – led by Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) top two Good Magic and Solomini – are 8-1 odds on the morning line for the third annual Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which provides bettors with a unique...

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5 Fast Facts about the best horses that failed to win the Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is often where the best North American horses prove their greatness. But because it’s where the best of the best meet, some of the greatest get beaten....

Observers were taken by surprise when trainer Aidan O’Brien opted for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) for Mendelssohn. Listed as first preference for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), the half-brother to future Hall of Famer Beholder...

5 Fast Facts about the Bob Hope Stakes

The race was founded in 1981 as the Hollywood Prevue Stakes, and was run at the old Hollywood Park racecourse in Inglewood, California. It was renamed the Bob Hope Stakes when Hollywood Park closed and Del Mar took...

Good Magic, Solomini and Bolt d’Oro were the first three under the finish line in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar, with nearly a 10-length gap back to the rest of the field, and the trio will enter next year as top-ranked...

Bolt d’Oro entered the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) starting gate as the clear favorite to win the 2018 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, but after 1 1/16 miles, it was Good Magic who was all alone at the finish and atop the...