Kentucky Derby News

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...

For Guest Suite, the road to the TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) gets increasingly more difficult the closer he gets. Conqueror of 10 rivals in last month's Lecomte (G3), the gelded son of Quality Road could face as many as 13 in Saturday's...

Charismatic, who took fans on an unforgettable ride through the 1999 Triple Crown trail, has passed away at Old Friends , the Thoroughbred Retirement Center near Georgetown, Kentucky. The 21-year-old pensioner had been repatriated from his longtime stud...

Antone Metaxas’ Zakaroff was sent off the longest shot at 48-1 in Saturday’s $200,450 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate Fields, but that didn’t stop the Steven Specht trainee from capturing the 1 1/8-mile contest under jockey...

Odds-on favorite Epicharis needed, and found, just enough room on the fence to get up in Sunday’s Hyacinth Stakes at Tokyo, preserving his perfect record and topping the inaugural Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Epicharis earned 50 points for...

After rolling to a convincing victory in the January 16 Smarty Jones, Uncontested will try to carry his momentum forward in Monday’s $500,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park The front-running colt heads a field of 13 in the President’s Day...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series makes a stop in Northern California for the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate Fields on February 18. Contested over a synthetic Tapeta track, the 1 1/8-mile qualifier offers points on a 10-4-2-1 scale...

The connections of one horse in Japan will know for sure Feb. 19 whether they can pack their bags for Churchill Downs for the First Saturday in May.
The two-race series that makes up the inaugural Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby culminates Sunday Feb....

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby concludes Sunday (Saturday night 12:25 a.m. EST) with the Hyacinth Stakes over a metric mile at Tokyo, and five of the 15 entrants are nominees to the Triple Crown. 
Two already have Derby points on the board...