Kentucky Derby News

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...

Big Blue Kitten Makes 2016 Debut in Woodford Reserve Turf Classic; Breeders’ Cup Winner Wavell Avenue Faces Nine Rivals in Humana Distaff; Salutos Amigos, Kobe’s Back Top Deep Churchill Downs Cast; Champion Tepin Returns to Defend Churchill...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) – Reddam Racing’s champion 2-year-old of 2015, Nyquist, has been installed as the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 142nd running of the $2,391,600 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands...

Post Position : Horse : Jockey : Mike Battaglia’s Morning Line Odds
1. Trojan Nation Aaron Gryder 50-1 
2. Suddenbreakingnews Luis Quinonez 20-1 
3. Creator Ricardo Santana Jr. 10-1 
4. Mo Tom Corey Lanerie...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) – On a partly cloudy Kentucky morning, all but three of the players for Saturday’s 142nd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) went about their business on a fast track at Churchill Downs. All...

For nearly a century, the Mint Julep has served as the traditional beverage of the Kentucky Derby and the track at which the race takes place, Churchill Downs.
Kentucky Oaks Friday and Kentucky Derby Saturday see nearly 120,000 Mint Juleps served to patrons....

Post Position : Horse : Jockey : Mike Battaglia’s Morning Line Odds
1. Terra Promessa : Ricardo Santana Jr. : 10-1
2. Weep No More : Corey Lanerie : 9-2
3. Lewis Bay : Irad Ortiz Jr. : 8-1
4. Go Maggie Go : Luis Saez...

The 1-2 finishers from last month’s Ashland Stakes (GI) at Keeneland, Ashbrook Farm’s Weep No More and Stonestreet Stables’ Rachel’s Valentina, sporting family ties to the Kentucky Oaks (GI), headline a field of 14 3-year-old fillies...