Kentucky Derby News

The $1 million Blue Grass at Keeneland was downgraded to Grade 2 status this year but could wind up being the most important prep race for the 2017 Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/8-mile race features a quartet of graded stakes winners with serious aspirations...

Of the eight fillies entered in Saturday’s $500,000 Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, only one is currently listed in the top 14 on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard.
That one is Daddys Lil Darling, and the Kenny McPeek trainee can boost herself all...

A field of nine sophomore fillies has been entered to go the Kentucky Oaks (G1) distance of nine furlongs on Saturday in the $300,000 Gazelle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct.
The Gazelle is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races, and offers...

The coveted solid gold 2017 Kentucky Derby Winner’s Trophy has arrived at Churchill Downs Racetrack and now awaits its formal presentation to the owner of the 3-year-old Thoroughbred that is victorious in the 143rd running of the Kentucky...

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...