Kentucky Derby News

Two of California’s budding stars, American Anthem and Royal Mo, invade Hot Springs, Ark. for Saturday’s $900,000 Rebel Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park – the lone Championship Series race this weekend on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented...

Royal Mo has been a king-size beauty from the beginning.
The striking bay colt is one of two 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders bred and raised by Jim and Pam Robinson’s Brandywine Farm, along with Gunnevera (see his “Tale from the Crib”...

Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher know something about shipping horses to Oaklawn Park for 3-year-old stakes and the top trainers will be looking to capture Saturday’s $900,000 Rebel (G2) with American Anthem and Malagacy, respectively. The promising...

In the span of less than a minute last Saturday, the Kentucky Derby (G1) went from having a solid favorite to having arguably its most disappointing and sudden withdrawal in many years, or at least in the Road to the Kentucky Derby Series era.
Mastery,...

Tapwrit seized the spotlight with a 4 ½-length victory in the March 11 Tampa Bay Derby (G2), registering a career-best 101 BRIS Speed rating while establishing a new stakes record in the Kentucky Derby qualifier.
A $1.2 million yearling purchase,...

Tapwrit launched an eye-catching rally past horses on the far turn and blew past pacesetter State of Honor after turning for home in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2), stamping his Kentucky Derby ticket with a 4 ½-length decision.
“We were...

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds’ It Tiz Well refused to back down in the stretch of Saturday’s $200,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park, finishing one length in front of Benner Island to earn her first stakes victory.
That saw the Jerry Hollendorfer...

The Honeybee Stakes (G3) was supposed to turn out one of two ways: confirmation of Chanel’s Legacy talent or redemption for Elate.
Neither of those events happened as It Tiz Well shipped in from the same West Coast barn as Unique Bella to score...

Gunnevera has risen from an early tragedy to become a prime contender for the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Born and raised at Jim and Pam Robinson’s Brandywine Farm, Gunnevera is one of two 2017 Derby hopefuls hailing from the Bourbon County, Kentucky,...

Mastery turned in a masterful performance in Saturday's $400,690 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita, but the long-term Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects ended for the star three-year-old strides after the wire when he was dismounted, unsaddled, and vanned...