Kentucky Derby News

Two veterans of this year’s Road to the Kentucky Derby – Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s unbeaten McCraken (#15, 6-1) and Peacock Racing Stables LLC’s Gunnevera (#10, 6-1) – are the morning line co-favorites for the fourth and...

Sumaya U.S. Stable’s Ghalia was making her stakes debut in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks on Sunday and pulled out a neck score to remain unbeaten for trainer Todd Pletcher.
The win under jockey Jose Ortiz saw the Medaglia d’Oro filly earn...

Calumet Farm’s homebred Hence was trying stakes rivals for just the second time in Sunday’s Sunland Derby (G3) and easily posted a 3 3/4-length victory under jockey Alfredo Juarez Jr.
Trained by Steve Asmussen, the chestnut colt bided his...

Living the Dream Racing 2015 LLC’s Purely a Dream was making her stakes bow in Saturday’s $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park and proved best by two lengths under jockey Robby Albarado.
Trained by Kenny McPeek, the chestnut daughter...

What started out sounding like a cheesy Penthouse Forum letter turned into a sentimental recollection of his 30 years in the game, as Kendall Hansen, MD, fought back tears to describe what a Spiral Stakes win meant.
“I never thought it could happen...

Right after Godolphin made him a late nomination to the Triple Crown, Thunder Snow proved the wisdom of that decision by denying Japan’s Epicharis in a thrilling conclusion to Saturday’s $2 million UAE Derby (G2).
Thunder Snow, who was making...

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土曜日に行われるＧ２ＵＡＥダービー（Ｇ２，ダート、メイダン競馬場）に出走を予定しているエピカリス号。その最大のライバルと言われるのが、ゴドルフィンのサンダースノー号です。今年のＵＡＥ２０００ギニーで、自身初となるダートを克服し完勝したことで、メイダン競馬場の馬場適性を示しました。ＵＡＥダービー勝ち馬には、米国のケンタッキーダービーの出走馬選定ポイントとなる100ポイントが付与され、ケンタッキーダービーへの優先出走権が与えられます。
過去７度、ＵＡＥダービーを制しているサンダースノー号を管理するサイード・ビン・スルール師は、
「１９００ｍという距離は、この馬にとって初めてですが、サンダースノーは大変能力の高い馬です。距離延長を克服すれば大きなチャンスがあると思います。」とスルール調教師は話しています。
Ｇ１クリテイルムアンシテルナシオナル（芝１４００ｍ）を５馬身差で快勝したサンダースノー号は、アメリカ三冠競走への予備登録を行った１月の段階で、ダート未出走でした。２月にメイダン競馬場で行われたＵＡＥ２０００ギニーに初ダートながら、5¾...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by TwinSpires.com features racing from around the world this weekend with plenty of points on the line for horses to be considered for the “Run for the Roses” on Saturday, May 6.
First up is Saturday’s...

Kentucky Derby-winning trainers Bob Baffert, D. Wayne Lukas, Doug O’Neill and Todd Pletcher have sent horses to New Mexico this weekend for Sunday’s $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3). A Kentucky Derby qualifier, 1 1/8-mile race offers points on...

Grade 1 heroine Noted and Quoted headlines a seven-filly field entered to go 1 1/16 miles on Sunday in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks.
The race is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races, and closes out the 50-20-10-5 portion of the...