Kentucky Derby News

John C. Oxley’s Classic Empire stamped himself an early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite thanks to a gutsy neck victory in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
The Mark Casse trainee pressed early pacesetter Syndergaard...

A field of 11 two-year-old colts and geldings will line up on Saturday in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), and four are all seeking to keep their records perfect in the 1 1/16-mile affair.
Theory owns just two starts thus far but captured...

Unlike in past years, there’s no real standout in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). There’s no Songbird, no Beholder, no My Miss Aurelia.
Instead, each and every one of the dozen two-year-old lasses lining up on...

Two of the last three Kentucky Derby winners, California Chrome and Nyquist, will meet in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on November 4. They are among eight Kentucky Derby alumni expected for the 2016 Breeders’ Cup.
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Yellow Agate and Dancing Rags each took the first step toward a starting berth in next spring’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) with big Grade 1 wins over the weekend.
Yellow Agate, trained by Christophe Clement for China Horse Club and ridden by Manny Franco,...

Classic Empire and Practical Joke would have nearly identical records of being three-for-three if not for Classic Empire dumping his rider at the start of the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in early September.
That’s the only blemish on the Pioneerof...

Two fields of six juveniles each will line up Saturday at Belmont Park and the winners of each contest will receive points toward starting berths in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Belmont hosts the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1), worth...

On Saturday at Santa Anita Park, a pair of juvenile races offered the winners both guaranteed berths to the Breeders’ Cup on November 5 and points toward a spot in the starting gates for the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) next spring at Churchill...

Both the FrontRunner Stakes (G1) and Chandelier Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday will offer their winners guaranteed berths to the Breeders’ Cup on November 5.
But that’s not all the pair of 1 1/16-mile events are doing. Each race...