Kentucky Derby News

After being collared and apparently beaten by Roaring Lion in Saturday’s Racing Post Trophy (G1), 6-5 favorite Saxon Warrior came again to prevail in a thriller at Doncaster. His gameness thereby propelled trainer Aidan O’Brien to a record...

Saturday’s Racing Post Trophy (G1) at Doncaster marks the last race of 2017 on the “European Road to the Kentucky Derby,” with the three remaining points races all scheduled for next March.
The one-mile test has drawn the undefeated...

It’s the biggest race for 2-year-olds and can have major Kentucky Derby implications. The $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar on November 4 has attracted 13 pre-entries and let’s take a closer look at the runners:
Bolt...

5 Fast Facts about the Racing Post Trophy Stakes, an European Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race

The race was founded in 1961 after Phil Bull, the founder of the iconic British form guide Timeform, said British 2-year-olds should have a major...

What horses have run in the Kentucky Derby and on the turf?
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With the advent of the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, there’s a chance at least one horse that’s known more turf racing than dirt racing will be at the starting gate in 2018.
Every...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”, NASDAQ: CHDN) and Brown-Forman Corporation (“Brown-Forman”, NYSE:BFA,BFB) today announced a five-year agreement through which Brown-Forman’s...

…lead through the dark winter months. More specifically, January 1.
Every registered Thoroughbred in the Northern Hemisphere shares that birth day.
The. Same. Exact. Birth. Day.
How is that possible?
Not because every foal is born on...

A dominant winner of the September 30 FrontRunner (G1), Bolt d’Oro towers over the competition heading into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). The impressive 2-year-old will be the probable odds-on favorite at Del Mar on November 4 and has established...

A dominant winner of the September 30 FrontRunner (G1), Bolt d’Oro towers over the competition heading into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). The impressive 2-year-old will be the probable odds-on favorite at Del Mar on November 4 and has established...

…lead through the dark winter months. More specifically, January 1.
Every registered Thoroughbred in the Northern Hemisphere shares that birth day.
The. Same. Exact. Birth. Day.
How is that possible?
Not because every foal is born on...