Kentucky Derby News

While trainer Todd Pletcher's focus on Saturday will primarily be on his champion Fierceness' performance in the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream, another of the stable's three-year-olds will be looking to enter the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture in the $250,000...

A total of eight sophomores will go 1 1/16 miles on the Gulfstream Park dirt surface in Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3).

A dozen talented three-year-olds, including a trio of proven Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race winners, are slated to contest Saturday’s $800,000 Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park.

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All eyes will turn to Gulfstream Park this Saturday for the running of the $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3), a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth 20-10-6-4-2 points to the top five finishers.

Early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Fierceness kicks off his sophomore campaign in Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

Saturday’s $800,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park has attracted a full field of 12 sophomores, including points race winners Liberal Arts and Otto the Conqueror as well as unbeaten Carbone in his stakes debut.

An overflow field of 13 will go postward in Saturday’s 1 ⅛-mile, $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

Submissions to participate in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade on Friday, May 3 are now open.

Point values for the 1 1/16-mile Lecomte (G3) on Jan. 21 increased this year, offered on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale toward a berth in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, and here are three takeaways.