Kentucky Derby News

Saturday’s $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (G3) is the next-to-last prep in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers. Held over the synthetic Tapeta track at Golden Gate Fields in Northern...

A pair of unbeaten 3-year-old Thoroughbreds – Shadwell Stable’s Mohaymen (#15) and Reddam Racing LLC’s champion Nyquist (#17) are rated as the top individual horses, but the ever-popular “All Others” (#24) wager is the odds-on...

Fox Hill Farms’ Songbird made her three-year-old bow on Saturday at Santa Anita Park in the $300,345 Las Virgenes S. (G2), and the dark bay miss proved once again why she ranks first on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard by a wide margin.
The daughter...

Michael Lund Peterson’s Mor Spirit edged past a pair of rivals in midstretch and won going away by 1 ½ lengths in Saturday’s $150,345 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita, confirming himself as a top Kentucky Derby contender on the West...

Nickname captured last year’s Frizette S. (G1) and concluded her juvenile season with a fourth-place run in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
That was more than enough for the Scat Daddy filly to be sent off the 1-2 favorite in her...

Mor Spirit brings lofty expectations into his 3-year-old bow, Saturday’s $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. The Grade 1 winner is a leading West Coast prospect for four-time Kentucky Derby winner Bob Baffert, trainer of 2015...

Eight fillies were entered to go a mile on Saturday in Oaklawn Park’s $100,000 Martha Washington S., and Nickname is the one to beat in her sophomore debut.
The dark bay filly was last seen taking the Frizette S. (G1) at Belmont Park and finishing...

Saturday’s $300,000 Las Virgenes S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park features just seven fillies, but the one-mile contest will be one of the most watched races on the day thanks to the return of unbeaten champion Songbird.
The Las Virgenes is part of the...

After saddling the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years in American Pharoah, it would be understandable if Bob Baffert had a leaner year in the 2016 classics. But the Hall of Famer has another prime prospect in Michael Lund Petersen’s Mor Spirit.
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Coffeepot Stables’ Flora Dora tracked behind the leaders in Sunday’s $100,000 Busanda S. at Aqueduct before rallying in the stretch to score a one-length victory under jockey Jose Oritz.
Trained by Marialice Coffey, the chestnut daughter of...