Kentucky Derby News

Following the rescheduling of the Busanda S. from January 23 to this coming Sunday, January 31, the $200,000 Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday is the next contest up in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races.
The seven-furlong...

Discreetness, a 9-1 shot ridden by Jon Court for his father-in-law, trainer 'Jinks' Fires, posted a minor upset in Monday's $150,000 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn. Victory in the one-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) prep was worth 10 qualifying points...

Mike G. Rutherford’s Stageplay was heavily backed at 3-5 in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds, and the talented gray miss lived up to all expectations with a 1 1/4-length victory under jockey Florent Geroux.
The score...

Mo Tom closed fast to win Saturday’s $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, posting a 2 ¼-length decision in the Kentucky Derby qualifying race. Trained by Tom Amoss and ridden by Corey Lanerie, the 3-year-old colt headed a...

Saturday night’s Eclipse Awards gala at Gulfstream Park was the “American Pharoah Show.”
Having completing an elusive sweep of the U.S. Triple Crown – the first in 37 years – the 2015 Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1)...

Runner-up to highly regarded stablemate Mor Spirit in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) last time out, Toews on Ice ships in to Oaklawn Park for Monday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones S. The Bob Baffert trainee rates as the 9-5 favorite on the morning line...

Four Road to the Kentucky Oaks points races were scheduled for January, and next up on the list is Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds.
Unlike the previous 11 races in the sequence, the one-mile-and-70-yard affair is not graded....

Fair Grounds' series of Kentucky Derby preps begins Saturday when the $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) will be contested at a distance of one mile and 70 yards.
As part of the 'Prep Season' in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series,...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series is in full swing, with a pair of qualifiers in the books this year and 12 races total since the opening event last September. These early qualifying races offer points on a 10-4-2-1 sliding scale to the top four finishers,...