Kentucky Derby News

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...

Wynn Las Vegas released the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future Odds on November 9 and it’s no surprise to see Nyquist, the unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and presumptive 2-year-old male champion, listed as the early favorite. However,...

As the 2015 racing season winds down, the most exciting two-year-old in the country is arguably the filly Songbird, who was faster than Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Nyquist not only in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) but also...

With his victory in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Nyquist assured himself the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old male and jumped to the top of the leaderboard in the Road to the Kentucky Derby. 
The first Saturday in May represents...

Nyquist overcame an extreme outside post position, and a wide trip on both turns, to prove best in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland. The son of freshman sire Uncle Mo locked up the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old with the...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (November 2, 2015) – Wednesday, Nov. 4 is the last day for the public to register online for Churchill Downs Racetrack’s November 10 online pre-sale of approximately 10,000 reserved seats to the 2016 Kentucky Derby Presented...

Fox Hill Farms Inc.’s Songbird (Medaglia d’Oro) entered Saturday’s $1.84 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) owning a perfect three-for-three mark and was made the 3-5 favorite under jockey Mike Smith.
The dark bay lass...

This year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) features 10 runners going 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. In six months’ time, some of those fillies could show back up in Kentucky, but this time under the Twin Spires...

UPDATE: As of October 29, 2015, Beholder scratched from the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
As discussed in a previous article, there is a long and friendly history between horses coming out of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and going...

Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland is the richest and most significant race of the year for two-year-olds. If things work out right, several of the 14 colts and geldings in the field will find themselves in the...