Kentucky Derby News

Sports Illustrated’s Club Si to Open for Historic 150th Kentucky Derby; NFL Legend Emmitt Smith and SI Swimsuit Cover Star Brooks Nader to Host Festivities in the New Hospitality Space

With a new favorite on the leaderboard, Darren and KK analyze Timberlake’s performance to start his 3-year-old campaign and look ahead to what we could expect from him moving forward.

Dornoch, the full brother to last year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mage, and Locked will square off in Saturday’s Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

WinStar Farm’s Timberlake opened his three-year-old season with a two-length victory in Saturday’s $1.25 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park, scoring as the 4-5 favorite in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas enjoyed a stellar afternoon at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, one of the highlights being Lemon Muffin's maiden-breaking romp in the $400,000 Honeybee (G3), a Road to the Kentucky Oaks series prep.

Manama Gold continued her sparkling run in Dubai on Friday, extending her record to a perfect 3-for-3 in the UAE Oaks (G3).

This race will feature the return of Timberlake who won the Champagne and finished fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

A big field of 13 three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Oaklawn dirt in Saturday’s lucrative, $1.25 million Rebel S. (G2).

George Krikorian’s champion homebred Just F Y I leads a cast of 104 3-year-old fillies that were nominated to compete in the 150th running of the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) on Friday, May 3 at Churchill Downs.
Just F Y I joins 23...

Over the last 20 years, the $1.25 million Rebel (G2) has been won by two of the best Kentucky Derby (G1) winners in recent memory: the once-beaten fan favorite Smarty Jones (2004) and Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (2015).