Kentucky Derby News

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Flexibility opened his 3-year-old season with a stylish 4 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct, picking up 10 points while dominating the first Kentucky Derby...

Richard Baltas, Hebert Bloodstock and J K Racing LLC’s Forever Darling bided her time tracking pacesetter Pretty N Cool on the backstretch of Saturday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez S. (G2), then pounced in the lane to grab control of the Road to the...

Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome Stakes (G3) for newly-turned 3-year-olds serves as the first Kentucky Derby qualifier of 2016 and will feature a field of nine on the inner track at Aqueduct.
As part of the “Prep Season” in the Road to the...