Kentucky Derby News

Monday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones is the first of four Kentucky Derby qualifying races at Oaklawn Park and eight 3-year-olds will compete for a total of 17 points (10-4-2-1 scale) in the one-mile event.
The Hot Springs, Arkansas track will also offer...

Libby’s Tail currently ranks 14th on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard with five points and will seek to move up the list on Sunday as part of a five-horse field entered in the Busanda Stakes.
The mile-and-70-yard contest is part of the Road to the...

The 2017 Smarty Jones Stakes will emanate from Oaklawn Park on Monday, January 16th as a Road to the Kentucky Derby points race. The top-four finishers will earn points worth 10-4-2-1 towards entering the Kentucky Derby (G1).
The one mile long Smarty...

With only four point-scoring opportunities (two of them have been run already), there won’t be any dramatic shifts in position on the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) points leaderboard during the month of January.
The one significant change to have occurred...

Fund for the Arts and Churchill Downs Call for Artists to Submit Proposals to Participate in Local Arts Celebration to Kick Off 2017 Derby Week
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (January 4, 2017) -- Fund for the Arts and Churchill Downs invite local artists and cultural...

Thanks to the presence of Gormley and American Anthem, the January 7 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita may wind up being a key race. It certainly was a fast race.
Gormley proved best on this occasion, edging American Anthem by a short head on the wire over a...

Don Alberto Stable’s Unique Bella proved much the best while making her stakes bow in Sunday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
The Jerry Hollendorfer-trained daughter of Tapit tracked the early pace while four wide, ranged...

Jerry and Ann Moss’ Gormley just stuck his head in front of even-money favorite American Anthem to take Saturday’s $100,690 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park with jockey Victor Espinoza aboard.
The bay son of Malibu Moon kept the pressure...

Santa Anita Park’s $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) brings the Road to the Kentucky Oaks into the New Year on Sunday, offering 10-4-2-1 points to the top four finishers toward a starting berth in the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
The...

Grade 1 winner Gormley heads a field of seven in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita. As part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the one-mile race offers points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four respective finishers.
A convincing...