Kentucky Derby News

Thoroughbred owners and trainers with talented 3-year-old fillies in their care face a deadline of Saturday, Feb. 20 to make their young stars eligible to compete in the 142nd running of the $1 million Grade I Longines Kentucky Oaks, America’s...

Nyquist, last seen clinching a championship in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), remained undefeated with a sparkling victory in Monday’s $200,000 San Vicente (G2) at Santa Anita.
Trained by Doug O’Neill for Reddam Racing, and piloted...

Suddenbreakingnews, widely considered the lesser half of a Donnie Von Hemel-trained coupled entry in the Monday's $500,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, proved superior to stablemate Synchrony and 12 other rivals by taking the 1 1/16-mile event...

142 Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors to Participate in Kentucky Derby Event
LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016) – Churchill Downs Racetrack and its charitable partners Bright Pink® and Horses and Hope today announced that the online nomination...

Impressive and unbeaten 3-year-olds Mohaymen (#15) and Nyquist (#17) were top choices among individual horses taking aim on the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), but the always-popular Mutuel Field, or “All Others” (#24),...

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With the political parties’ presidential primaries dominating the news cycle, and with the Kentucky Derby (G1) prep season now heating up, it’s easy to track their similarities.
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The connections of unbeaten champion and 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) points leader Nyquist have another contender on their hands – Frank Conversation, who got on the scoreboard by capturing Saturday’s $200,840 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden...

Collected and Discreetness bring top credentials into Monday’s Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, with the former winning the January 9 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita and the latter capturing the January 18 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn, and the 3-year-olds will...

Undefeated juvenile colt champion Nyquist embarks on his personal road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) Monday at Santa Anita when he heads a field of six for the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) going seven furlongs.
The San Vicente, last won by an eventual Derby...