Kentucky Derby News

Hiroaki Arai’s Mandarin Hero picked up 40 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby, narrowly sufficient to earn a berth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) field.

The Terunobu Fujita trainee raced four times as a juvenile and came out on top in each...

Owned by Albaugh Family Stables and Castleton Lyons, Cyclone Mischief picked up 45 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby. He was among the final three horses to qualify to the Kentucky Derby (G1) field.

Trained by Dale Romans, the son of Into...

KENTUCKY DERBY, OAKS CONTENDERS FINALIZE PREPARATION FOR WEEKEND RACES

LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, May 4, 2023) – Less than 48 hours remain until the first Saturday and trainers are eagerly watching as their Kentucky Derby contenders log their final...

Newcomers or once-a-year visitors to the racetrack can easily figure out straight wagers like Win, Place, and Show, but what about so-called 'exotic' bets?
The number of intra-race and multi-race wagers has exploded in the last several decades....

By J. Keeler Johnson 
A deep and competitive field has assembled for Friday's $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.

The 149th running of the 1 1/8-mile race has drawn 17 entries, including three also-eligibles. Flashy stakes...

Saturday's 149th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs has attracted a deep and competitive field. There are 13 graded stakes winners and four Grade 1 winners among the 23 entries, from which a maximum of 20 horses will...

Twenty horses will line up for Saturday’s 149th running of
the
$3
million Kentucky Derby (G1)
at Churchill Downs, and the 1 1/4-mile race has
a definitive favorite in
#15 Forte, winner of five consecutive stakes races in
advance of the Run for...

Triple Crown champion Justify leads a posse of Kentucky Derby (G1) veterans with offspring in Saturday’s 149th Run for the Roses. Adding to the intrigue, some of those past Derby rivalries will be renewed by the next generation.
Sons of Kentucky...

ROUTINE MORNING AT CHURCHILL DOWNS FOR KENTUCKY DERBY AND OAKS HOPEFULS

LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, May 3, 2023) – With all of the heavy lifting done, it was a quiet morning beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs with routine gallops and some...

DERMA SOTOGAKE, SUN THUNDER PUT IN HALF-MILE WORKS FOR DERBY 149

LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, May 2, 2023) – Two entrants for Saturday’s 149th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) put in half-mile works...