Kentucky Derby News

A big weekend awaits with three Kentucky Derby preps, including the return of early favorite Classic Empire in the Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The unanimous 2-year-old champion is expected to receive three prep races in advance of the Run for the...

Stakes winners Dangerfield and Term of Art highlight a trio from two-time Kentucky Derby winner Doug O’Neill in Saturday’s $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. As part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the Lewis offers points...

El Areeb handled two turns with aplomb early in the new year, taking the January 2 Jerome (G3) at Aqueduct by more than 11 lengths. On Saturday, the gray looks to raise his Kentucky Derby (G1) profile even more in the $250,000 Withers (G3) over 1 1/16...

You could say that Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful McCraken is bred for a classic. In his case, the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) factors prominently in his pedigree.
Contested over the Derby distance of 1 1/4 miles, at rotating host tracks, the Breeders’...

You could say that Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful McCraken is bred for a classic. In his case, the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) factors prominently in his pedigree.
Contested over the Derby distance of 1 1/4 miles, at rotating host tracks, the Breeders’...

Saturday's $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park has been eagerly anticipated for weeks as it will mark the sophomore debut of juvenile champion and early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Classic Empire.
Winner of the Bashford Manor (G3) at Churchill...

John C. Oxley’s champion Classic Empire (#3) edged unbeaten rising stars Mastery (#12) and McCraken (#14) to be the favored individual contender for the 143rd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), but the ever-popular Mutuel Field (#24),...

Arrogate delivered another monstrous performance in the inaugural running of the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park, accelerating to the lead on the far turn and rolling to a convincing 4 ¾-length tally in the world’s richest...

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As America’s iconic Thoroughbred race, the Kentucky Derby (G1) attracts interest from much further afield. This year, of a total of 418 three-year-olds nominated to the U.S. Triple Crown, 18 are internationally based. While it remains to be seen...