Kentucky Derby News

Over the next 10 weeks, compelling drama will be plentiful as the 2017 “Kentucky Derby Championship Series” begins in earnest as horses attempt to earn their way into the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands beginning with Saturday’s...

Two-time sprint stakes winner Yorkiepoo Princess will have a chance to stretch her speed over 1 1/16 miles on Saturday in the $150,000 Busher at Aqueduct, a Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep that yielded 2013 winner Princess of Sylmar.
The Busher is one of two...

The Championship portion of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks kicks off Saturday with the $200,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds, and the 1 1/16-mile affair will award a total of 85 points toward a spot in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) starting gate.
Vying...

One Liner made a successful step up to stakes company in his first route attempt with a runaway victory in Monday's $500,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, a Road to the Kentucky Derby Series qualifier which awarded 10 points to the colt owned...

McCraken is the latest talented homebred for Whitham Thoroughbreds, the nom de course of Janis R. Whitham and family.
Whitham bred and raced such standouts as $4.4 million-earner Fort Larned, the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner, and millionaire...

One Liner impressed on multiple fronts winning the Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park on February 20, drawing away masterfully to a 3 ½-length decision and registering a 101 BRIS Speed rating.
That’s one of the better numbers this year and One...

The “Prep Season” portion of the Road to the Kentucky Derby Series came to a close Monday with the $500,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn. One Liner burst onto the leader board with an emphatic victory in his stakes debut for Todd Pletcher, and...

The always-popular Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others,” looms as a solid betting favorite Pool 3 of Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”), but the battle for the individual favorite is expected...

Don Alberto Stable’s Unique Bella, the brightest star thus far in North America’s 2017 crop of 3-year-old fillies, looms as a heavy bettors’ choice to win this year’s renewal of the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) when three...

Nominations Open for 143 Breast Cancer Survivors to Walk in 2017 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade Presented By Kroger
LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017) – Churchill Downs and Norton Cancer Institute today announced a new charitable partnership...