Kentucky Derby News

March 23, 2017

Noted and Quoted returns to action in Sunland Park Oaks

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...

March 22, 2017

Godolphin's Thunder Snow (IRE) Heads Six Late Nominations to the Races of the 2017 Triple Crown

Godolphin’s Thunder Snow (Ire), winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas (Group 3) at Dubai’s Meydan Racecourse on Feb. 11 and last fall’s Criterium International (G1) at France’s Saint-Cloud, heads a group of six 3-year-old Thoroughbreds...

March 22, 2017

Japan’s Epicharis takes on Godolphin’s Thunder Snow in crowded UAE Derby

Godolphin’s Thunder Snow, the smashing winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas (G3) at Meydan, hopes that a home court advantage helps him versus Japan’s unbeaten Epicharis in Saturday’s $2 million UAE Derby (G2). The 4TH race on the Dubai World...

March 22, 2017

Bourbonette Oaks attracts a dozen sophomore fillies

Turfway Park plays host on Saturday to the $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3), a one-mile contest offering 50-20-10-5 points to the respective top four toward a starting berth in the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The race is the penultimate contest before the...

March 22, 2017

Kitten's Cat favored among dozen in Spiral

Owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey have won two of the last three runnings of the $500,000 Spiral (G3) at Turfway Park, and will seek to win their fourth overall with morning-line favorite Kitten's Cat when the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) prep is renewed...

March 21, 2017

Malagacy enters Derby Top 20 as Rebel rivals sputter

The victory by Malagacy (#4, 50 points) in last Saturday's Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park temporarily pushed stablemate One Liner (#21, 10) out of the Kentucky Derby (G1) Top 20, but with 100 points-to-the-winner preps on the horizon, trainer Todd Pletcher's...

March 21, 2017

Malagacy remains unbeaten but Speed ratings decline in Rebel win

Malagacy improved his record to 3-for-3 winning the March 18 Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park and likely guaranteed himself a berth in the Kentucky Derby field by earning 50 points in his first qualifying race.
Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Javier...

March 19, 2017

Malagacy remains perfect in Rebel romp

Sumaya U.S. Stables’ Malagacy pulled off yet another victory on Saturday to move his record to a perfect three-for-three. This time the Todd Pletcher trainee was making his stakes debut in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) and triumphed by two lengths...

Derby News March 17, 2017

Road to Kentucky Derby Championship Series Heads to Oaklawn for Rebel

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...

Features March 16, 2017

Tales from the Crib: Royal Mo

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”...

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