Kentucky Derby News
October 6, 2017
Handicapping the Breeders’ Futurity
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...
October 5, 2017
Aveenu Malcainu, Firenze Fire seek Champagne
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’...
October 4, 2017
Free Drop Billy, Givemeaminit re-oppose in Breeders’ Futurity
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...
October 4, 2017
Free Drop Billy, Givemeaminit re-oppose in Breeders’ Futurity
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...
October 3, 2017
5 Fast Facts: Breeders' Futurity Stakes
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...
October 3, 2017
5 Fast Facts: Champagne Stakes
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,...
October 1, 2017
Bolt d’Oro spectacular in FrontRunner
Bolt d’Oro solidified his status as the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) favorite with an eye-catching 7 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $301,380 FrontRunner (G1), blistering foes through the stretch of the 1 1/16-mile race at Santa...
October 1, 2017
Moonshine Memories shines in Chandelier
Moonshine Memories ran her record to a perfect three-for-three on Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a nice 2 3/4-length victory in the Chandelier Stakes (G1) under jockey Flavien Prat.
The duo tracked 9-5 favorite Alluring Favorite, who set the pace through...
October 1, 2017
Happily becomes first filly in three decades to win Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere
For the first time since 1986, a filly has defeated the boys in France’s most illustrious juvenile race, as the Aidan O’Brien-trained Happily prevailed in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) at Chantilly.
In the process, the Coolmore...
October 1, 2017
Bolt d’Oro spectacular in FrontRunner
Bolt d’Oro solidified his status as the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) favorite with an eye-catching 7 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $301,380 FrontRunner (G1), blistering foes through the stretch of the 1 1/16-mile race at Santa...