Kentucky Derby News

After being installed as the 6-5 morning line favorite, Greyvitos did not receive the expected betting action from post 12 in the December 17 Springboard Mile at Remington Park but supporters got the last laugh as the gray colt rolled home...

2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby Year-End Review
Trying to find a clear leader among 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders with all the 2-year-old qualifying races complete is just about an impossible task.
No horse has won more than one of the nine U.S. juvenile...

Triple B Farm’s Greyvitos posted a 2 1/4-length victory on Sunday night in Remington Park’s $402,400 Springboard Mile to make his debut on the 2018 Kentucky Derby Leaderboard.
The Springboard Mile joined the Road to the Kentucky Derby series...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Catholic Boy
Four races into his career, Catholic Boy looks like he may well have the stamina to be a Kentucky Derby player. The question will be if he has the speed and class.
Catholic Boy stormed onto the Road...

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Le Vent Se Leve (JPN)
Three outstanding runs as a 2-year-old suggest Le Vent Se Leve has the potential to represent Japan very well in the 2018 Kentucky Derby should he qualify.
Trained by Kiyoshi Hagiwara,...

A dozen juveniles, including the top three from the Clever Trevor Stakes and the winner from the Bob Hope Stakes (G3), have been entered to go eight furlongs in Sunday evening’s $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park.
The contest makes its...

5 Fast Facts about the Remington Springboard Mile, a new Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race

First staged in 1999, the $400,000 Springboard Mile is the most important 2-year-old race at Remington Park, Oklahoma City. It is one of five stakes races on...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: McKinzie
In 2010, a bad draw and a tough trip prevented Lookin At Lucky from doing better than sixth in the Kentucky Derby for his owners Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman.
In 2018, McKinzie could well...

Exciting prospect Le Vent Se Leve kept the buzz going in Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki, readily justifying favoritism to stay perfect in three starts. The Kiyoshi Hagiwara trainee banked 10 points on the Japan Road to the Kentucky...

Solomini proved to be the best horse in the December 9 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1), edging away late by nearly a length in the Kentucky Derby prep race, but did not maintain a straight path in the stretch as he drifted in and repeatedly bumped Instilled...