Kentucky Derby News

Grade 1 heroine Abel Tasman takes on six rivals Saturday in the $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G1) under jockey Mike Smith.
The Santa Anita Oaks is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races and will award the respective top four finishers...

Girvin doesn’t check all the boxes. His Risen Star (G2) and TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) performances were not overwhelming, yielding solid-but-unspectacular BRIS Speed ratings of 98 and 99. And he’s still relatively inexperienced with...

With a dazzling stakes debut in the Florida Derby (G1), Always Dreaming rose significantly in Kentucky Derby stature. The athletic colt drew off to a five-length victory, registering a 102 BRIS Speed rating that ranks among the best numbers this year,...

Racing fans can dream that the finish in the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) will have a finish as tight as the fourth and final pool of Churchill Downs Racetrack’s (“CDRT”) Kentucky Derby Future...

With two weekends to go and five preps in the Road to the Kentucky Derby Series remaining, an interesting question is how many more horses Todd Pletcher can get qualified for the big race.
On Saturday, the Pletcher barn saw two colts that had never run...

Salty captured her stakes debut in Saturday’s $250,000 GulfstreamPark Oaks (G2) under jockey Joel Rosario, and in the process earned a shot at the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
The Quality Road filly is not currently nominated to...

Farrell completed a sweep of the Fair Grounds series for three-year-old fillies headed to the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1) when romping home by 3 1/4 lengths in Saturday’s Fair GroundsOaks (G2).
Regular rider Channing Hill, who has now been aboard the...

Favored at 6-5 odds, Girvin did not disappoint comfortably prevailing by 1 ¼ lengths in the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. The Joe Sharp-trained colt moved to the top of the Leaderboard in the Kentucky Derby qualifier,...

Always Dreaming spectacularly punched his Kentucky Derby ticket in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, drawing off to a five-length decision in his stakes debut. The Todd Pletcher-trained colt extended his win streak to three and picked...

Most people wish for the weekend to last forever.
But not one self-proclaimed “casual handicapper.”
David Hoyt could barely contain his excitement a year ago when Creator rallied from last to take the Arkansas Derby (G1), the final race in...