Kentucky Derby News

Albaugh Family Stable’s Free Drop Billy, a fine second in both the Hopeful (G1) and Sanford (G3) at Saratoga, took a leap forward on the stretch-out to two turns in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1). The 3-2 favorite scored...

The Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga continues to bear fruit. Two colts that finished behind the winning Sporting Chance in that Labor Day test won Grade 1 races on Saturday, including Firenze Fire in an 11-1 upset of the $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park.
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Albaugh Family Stable’s Free Drop Billy, a fine second in both the Hopeful (G1) and Sanford (G3) at Saratoga, took a leap forward on the stretch-out to two turns in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1). The 3-2 favorite scored...

One of four stakes on Saturday’s Belmont Park program, the $500,000 Champagne (G1) serves as a final prep for Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) hopefuls and is part of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series, with the top four finishers...

A “Win & You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland drew a big field of 13 and a strong performance promises to have connections thinking of the 2018...

New York-bred stakes winner Aveenu Malcainu and Sanford (G3) upsetter Firenze Fire highlight a contentious 12-horse field in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park. A “Win & You’re In” for the November 4 Breeders’...

Free Drop Billy and Givemeaminit, the respective second- and
third-place finishers from the September 4 Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga,
will face off for the second straight time on Saturday as part of a 13-strong juvenile
field entered in the $500,000...

Free Drop Billy and Givemeaminit, the respective second- and third-place finishers from the September 4 Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, will face off for the second straight time on Saturday as part of a 13-strong juvenile field entered in the $500,000...

5 Fast Facts about the Breeders' Futurity Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race

The Breeders’ Futurity was first run in 1910 and hosted until 1930 at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington, Kentucky. It was raced at the Latonia...

5 Fast Facts about the Champagne Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race

First run in 1867, the Champagne Stakes is a namesake of the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in England, which began in 1823. Moved to Belmont Park when it opened in 1905,...