Kentucky Derby News

J Boys Echo, once in the shadow of Not This Time, has stepped up into the void left by his retired stablemate and emerged as a proper Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in his own right.
That development over time was to be expected, judging by J Boys Echo’s...

Two Kentucky Derby likely entrants and two Kentucky Oaks hopefuls worked Sunday morning over a fast track at Churchill Downs.
Whitham Thoroughbreds’ McCraken worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 and Kendall Hansen, Skychai Racing and Bode Miller’s...

The whirlwind journey occurred in 2014.
“I literally went from Louisiana Downs to Monmouth Park to Aqueduct to Churchill Downs in less than the span of a year,” Travis Stone explained.
Stone, 33, was named track announcer at Churchill Downs...

In their first few years in racing, Erik and Pavla Nygaard of Thor-Bred Stables achieved top-level success with their bargain buy Rigoletta. Now a prized member of their small broodmare band, Rigoletta has provided them with another rapidly attained milestone:...

'Who's the greatest horse in the history of the universe?'
For Michael Blowen, this shouted, rhetorical query isn't a solicitation to debate. It's merely a sincere and heartfelt ploy to attract the attention of an aging gray...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, April 29, 2017) – Two Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) hopefuls worked Saturday morning in the state: Albaugh Family Stables’ J Boys Echo breezed five furlongs in 1:01 after the morning renovation...

Practical Joke proves that you don’t have to be a mega-sized breeding operation to come up with a top-class Kentucky Derby (G1) contender. He hails from the small broodmare band belonging to the Whispering Oaks Farm of Keith Crupper and his trainer...

“It’s unbelievable. We’re so excited. It’s a dream that we didn’t even dream.”
That’s how Penny Conrad described the Kentucky Derby (G1) odyssey of State of Honor, an Ontario homebred campaigned by Penny and her...

Battalion Runner is the latest Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful bred and raised by the Justice family’s Dell Ridge Farm.
Established in 1998 by the late Frank Justice, the Lexington, Kentucky, nursery has been responsible for two top Derby prospects...

Breeding racehorses might feel like you’re throwing darts, just hoping to hit a target, but in Girvin’s case, it literally happened that way. If it weren’t for a Darby Dan Farm party in late 2012, and a providential dart landing on a...