Kentucky Derby News

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...

If Brody’s Cause were the subject of a biopic, Keeneland would be so frequent a setting as to become a minor character itself.
At the 2014 Keeneland September Sale, the well-bred yearling was sold for $350,000. The next fall, he returned to take...

Often the last piece of Kentucky Derby handicapping information available to bettors, the post position draw is closely watched and heavily scrutinized. What constitutes a good draw and a bad draw depends on the individual horse, its running style, and...

With trainer Mikio Matsunaga looking on, Koji Maeda’s Lani worked five furlongs in 1:01 over a fast track after the renovation break Tuesday morning. The move was the third fastest of 18 at the distance.
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Majesto is making his second appearance in “Tales from the Crib.” How is that possible, you ask, since a 3-year-old Thoroughbred has just one shot in the Kentucky Derby (G1)?
That’s because he was born on the Sunday of Derby Week in...

Mo Tom’s been the hard luck story of the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, better known for being badly hampered when trying to rally in the Risen Star (G2) and Louisiana Derby (G2). In the process, his actual talent has gotten lost in the shuffle....

GRADE I WINNERS SHEER DRAMA AND CURALINA TOP LA TROIENNE FIELD OF SEVEN;
2015 STEPHEN FOSTER WINNER NOBLE BIRD FACES NINE IN ALYSHEBA;
NICKNAME, CARINA MIA HEADLINE FIELD OF EIGHT IN EIGHT BELLES;
BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER CATCH A GLIMPSE EDGEWOOD...