Kentucky Derby News

Carina Mia graduated from a romping maiden win on October 29 at Keeneland to become a Grade 2 heroine thanks to a 4 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Golden Rod S. (G2) at Churchill Downs.
The race is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks...

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) runner-up Airoforce will make his first dirt start in Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs and the Mark Casse-trained colt is the slight 3-1 favorite on oddsmaker Mike Battaglia’s...

Saturday’s $300,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct serves as a qualifier for the 2016 Kentucky Derby, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 sliding scale to the top four finishers, and Mohaymen is the one to beat among nine 2-year-old in the 1 1/8-mile...

Kentucky Derby betting has always generated plenty of interest, but over Thanksgiving weekend, you’ll have a brand new way to forecast the Derby – by betting on which stallion will sire the winner of the 2016 “Run for the Roses.”...

Dothraki Queen arrived on the scene late to complete the trifecta in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) behind division leaders Songbird and Rachel’s Valentina. On Saturday afternoon, the daughter of Pure Prize will be...

Trainer Todd Pletcher will start three of the seven juvenile fillies entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile heat is a Road to the Kentucky Oaks scoring race, with 10 Oaks qualifying points going to the winner.
The...

Jet Black Magic made a sweeping move to the lead in the stretch and drew away late to post an upset win over odds-on favorite La Appassionata in Saturday’s $400,000 Delta Downs Princess (G3).
Beaten eight lengths by that rival in the local prep,...

Big Chief Racing LLC’s Exaggerator took the leading rounding the first turn and gamely proved best in Saturday’s $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3), winning by a neck over runner-up Sunny Ridge in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series race.
With...

Saturday’s $400,000 Delta Downs Princess S. (G3) will offer points  — 10-4-2-1 — toward a starting berth in next year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, but the one-mile affair has come up pretty light with only seven...

The Road to the 2016 Kentucky Derby makes a stop at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana this Saturday as 2-year-olds will square off in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3). The 1 1/16-mile race will award points toward a Kentucky Derby berth on...