Kentucky Derby News
January 17, 2016
Toews on Ice invades for Smarty Jones
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...
January 15, 2016
Eight fillies hoping to fire in Silverbulletday
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....
January 15, 2016
Mo Tom likely favored in TwinSpires.com Lecomte
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,...
January 15, 2016
Kentucky Derby Update – January 15
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,...
January 14, 2016
Early Nominations to 2016 Triple Crown Series Due Saturday, Jan. 16
Owners, Trainers Can Nominate Candidates Online at www.TheTripleCrown.com
The early deadline for owners and trainers of promising 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to make their horses eligible for the 2016 Triple Crown and bid to repeat the heroics of 2015 Triple...
January 14, 2016
Nyquist’s two-prep schedule for the Kentucky Derby: a winning formula?
A mortal lock to be named the champion 2-year-old male of 2015 at Saturday night’s Eclipse Awards ceremony, unbeaten Nyquist enters the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail as the leader of his generation. But will he remain at the top of that perch with...
January 10, 2016
Collected takes dirt debut in Sham at Santa Anita
Making his first start on dirt in the $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday, Collected passed the one-mile test with flying colors while holding off stablemate Let’s Meet in Rio by 1 1/4 lengths in the Kentucky Derby (G1) prep.
A tracking...
January 9, 2016
California Chrome returns to action in San Pasqual
California Chrome, the 2014 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) hero, returns to action in Saturday’s $200,000 San Pasqual S. (G2) at Santa Anita. The 1 1/16-mile contest has a scheduled post time of 7:03 p.m. (EST), and you can watch (and...
January 8, 2016
Dressed in Hermes tests dirt again in Sham
Dressed in Hermes is the most accomplished of the nine three-year-olds entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita, but must show he can run as effectively on dirt as he does on turf to take the one-mile test.
The Sham serves as the...
January 7, 2016
142nd Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Renamed Wise Dan Top $8.25 Million Schedule of Stakes Races Set For Churchill Downs’ 2016 Spring Meet
Schedule Features Six Grade I Events, Seven Multi-Stakes Programs In 38-Day Session
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2015) – The 142nd renewals the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) and $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks...