Kentucky Derby News

…the breeding shed.
That’s right. A lot goes into preparing a Kentucky Derby runner before he/she even enters the starting gate at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May, but the absolute first stop is the breeding shed.
Some may think...

Carolyn Wilson’s The Tabulator opened the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) points chase with a victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs.
The winner of his first two starts in sprints, the Larry Rivelli juvenile was stretching...

The 2017-18 Road to the Kentucky Derby series gets underway Saturday with the $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs. A slate of designated races will determine eligibility for the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 5, 2018 and the 1 1/16-mile...

5 Fast Facts about the Iroquois Stakes, a Kentucky Derby prep race

The race is named not after the Native American people, but after the first U.S.-bred to win the Epsom Derby and St Leger Stakes in England. The equine Iroquois’s efforts in 1881...

Ruis Racing’s Bolt d’Oro emerged as the pro tem leader of the West Coast’s two-year-old set with a victorious stakes debut in Monday’s $301,380 Del Mar Futurity (G1). He didn’t achieve it with warp speed like Usain Bolt,...

Ruis Racing’s Bolt d’Oro emerged as the pro tem leader of the West Coast’s two-year-old set with a victorious stakes debut in Monday’s $301,380 Del Mar Futurity (G1). He didn’t achieve it with warp speed like Usain Bolt,...

Sporting Chance gave Hall of Fame trainer and four-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner D. Wayne Lukas his eighth career victory in the $350,000 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga on Labor Day, but nearly gave the race away in the final yards when...

Churchill Downs is eager to stimulate added international interest in next year’s $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) through the creation of a path to gain a berth in America’s greatest race for horses based in Europe...

Last August, Gary and Mary West headed to the Travers (G1) with an improving colt named American Freedom. Widely regarded as Bob Baffert’s leading contender at that time, he wound up second best to his track record-setting stablemate – Arrogate.
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This is where all paths lead for 3-year-olds in late August, especially for Kentucky Derby participants.
Just as all paths lead to the Triple Crown for 3-year-olds early in the year, so they lead to the $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga in late...