Kentucky Derby News

Songbird continued her domination of the three-year-old filly division on Saturday despite facing her first true obstacle – a sloppy, sealed track at Santa Anita Park.
The unbeaten filly was trying an off-track for the first time in the $400,345...

Two horses who had chased Nyquist home in last October’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) rolled to major Kentucky Derby (G1) prep victories on Saturday. After Brody’s Cause prevailed in the Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland, Exaggerator followed...

Weep No More was sent off the 30-1 second longest shot on the board in Saturday’s $500,000 Ashland (G1) at Keeneland, but the Rusty Arnold trainee ran like a favorite when running down highly regarded Rachel’s Valentina, Cathryn Sophia and...

Alpha Delta Stable’s homebred Lewis Bay turned Saturday’s $300,000 Gazelle (G2) at Aqueduct into a paid workout when posting an easy 1 1/2-length victory under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.
The pair bided their time in third as Clair de Lune set splits...

Trainer Chad Brown holds a strong hand in Saturday's $1 million Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct as we saddle the undefeated Shagaf and the capable Flexibility in in the nine-furlong Kentucky Derby (G1) prep.
The Wood, along with Saturday's...

Zulu earned 20 points finishing second in his stakes debut, the Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park, and the Todd Pletcher-trained colt will try to guarantee himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) field in Saturday’s $1 million...

Danzing Candy and Mor Spirit, the 1-2 finishers from the March 12 San Felipe (G2), are top contenders Saturday’s $1 million Santa Anita Derby (G1). The San Felipe rates as one of the strongest preps so far and both horses can continue to enhance...

Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum’s Shadwell Stable already had one major 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in Mohaymen. But another has arrived on the scene in Shagaf, who bids to remain perfect in Saturday’s Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct.
Unlike...

With 100-40-20-10 points on the line toward a starting berth in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1), six fillies will try their luck on Saturday in the $400,000 Fantasy (G3) at Oaklawn Park.
The 1 1/16-mile affair is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series...

Only two contests in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races are actually carded at the Kentucky Oaks (G1) distance of 1 1/8 miles, and the second of that pair will take place on Saturday.
Both nine-furlong events are run at Aqueduct, with...