Kentucky Derby News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 6, 2016) – Under clear skies, the 20 runners forSaturday’s 142nd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) took advantage of a fast track for their Friday morning exercise.
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BRODY’S CAUSE
• Bay colt by Giant’s Causeway, out of the Sahm mare Sweet Breanna. Foaled March 17, 2013 in Kentucky.
• Purchased for $350,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale
• Won Grade I Blue Grass at Keeneland...

Fourteen fillies plus one also-eligible entered Friday’s 142nd running of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, but unbeaten champion Songbird was not one of them.
The talented filly was ruled out early due to a fever, leaving a much more contentious...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 5, 2016) – Temperatures are forecast to be in the low 80s under sunny skies Saturday afternoon for Kentucky Derby 142, but Thursday morning’s conditions were nowhere close to that as the 22 entrants for the $2,391,600...

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced Uber as a partner for the 2016 racing season. In anticipation of the 142nd Kentucky Derby, Uber is expected to have record demand in Louisville and an all-time high number of driver-partners...

There’s a reason that baby animal photos are wildly popular — the combination of cuteness, and varying degrees of fuzziness and playfulness, are just about irresistible.
As you can see from a selection of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1)...

Features New ‘Thurby’ Logo and 2016 Oaks and Derby Box Giveaway
LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) – The third annual Thurby, presented by TwinSpires.com, marks the official start of Kentucky Derby weekend on Thursday, May 5 at...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) – Through various sources, the Churchill Downs communications team has confirmed that 22 horses are known to have been entered in Saturday’s $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. ...

My Man Sam descends from a well-bred filly that Jay Bligh purchased for $52,000 at Keeneland November back in 1990, making him a third-generation homebred.
That filly was Sky Darter, who was part of the dispersal of noted owner/breeder Aaron U. Jones’...

Danzing Candy represents the third generation of a “Candy” sire line that his breeder, Halo Farms’ Ted Aroney, knows well.
Aroney’s friends, Sid and Jenny Craig, imported an unbeaten Argentinean champion named Candy Ride. The...