Kentucky Derby News

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Belmont Stakes Records Set By Kentucky Derby Winners
With the Belmont Stakes coming up on Saturday, June 10th, let's look at some notable moments of past Derby winners who have gone on to contest the test of a champion.
First Kentucky Derby...

Cloud Computing’s triumph in the 2017 Preakness Stakes was unusual in that he was just the eighth winner in the last 50 years not to have contested the Kentucky Derby.
However, new shooters to the U.S. classics have found more success in the Belmont...

In its simplest form, handicapping Saturday’s Preakness (G1) is a referendum on Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming, and whether he’ll repeat the feat at Pimlico.
Because so many believe he will, Always Dreaming is the odds-on favorite...

Klaravich Stables Inc. and William Lawrence’s Cloud Computing entered Saturday’s 142nd running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) with three starts under his girth and seeking a first stakes victory.
The dark bay son of Maclean’s Music exited...

We asked some of our Churchill Downs trainers who they think will win Saturday’s Preakness Stakes….
Tom Bohannan (trained Preakness winners Pine Bluff, ‘92 and Prairie Bayou, ’93): “I miss not being at Pimlico with a good...

Gary and Mary West’s homebred Actress entered Friday’s $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico winless in two starts, but rose to the top with a rallying finish to break her maiden under jockey Nik Juarez.
The gray daughter of Tapit...

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming will try to turn a classic double in Saturday’s Preakness (G1) at Pimlico, and keep the Triple Crown hopes burning going into the June 10 Belmont S. (G1).
Since arriving in Baltimore May 9, Always Dreaming...

TRAINER QUOTES FROM THE 143RD RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 6, 2017):
Todd Pletcher, trainer of Always Dreaming (1st)/Tapwrit (sixth)/Patch (14th) – (A very emotional Todd Pletcher shedding tears of joy): “I...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 6, 2017):
John Velazquez, rider of Always Dreaming (1st) – “This is the best horse Todd (Pletcher) and I have ever come to the Kentucky Derby with. Nothing against all the others, but this was the best horse....

Highest all-time wagering from all-sources on both the Kentucky Derby Day program and the Kentucky Derby race 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 6, 2017) – Derby fans weathered rainstorms and the unseasonal cold during the day, to watch post-time favorite...