Kentucky Derby News

The $600,000 Ashland (G1), a major qualifier in the
Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, highlights Friday’s opening-day program
at Keeneland, and a nice field of seven three-year-old fillies is entered for
the 1 1/16-mile race.
Here are three talking...

Hiroyuki
Osanuma’s Derma Sotogake earned 100 points on the
2023 Road to the Kentucky
challenge series following his 5 1/2-length romp in the $1.25 million UAE Derby
(G2)
at Meydan on March 25.

Piloted
by Christophe Lemaire, Derma Sotogake led...

Forte is, once again, back on top of the leaderboard after a difficult trip around Gulfstream Park in the Florida Derby. Darren & KK break down the Florida Derby and the Arkansas Derby where Angel of Empire won at Oaklawn Park for Brad Cox. With the...

When Tapit Trice captured the Tampa Bay Derby (G3), he became a milestone 100th graded stakes winner sired by Tapit. Might he also give the outstanding patriarch a first Kentucky Derby (G1) winner?
Tapit Trice sports a fascinating pedigree pattern of...

Saturday’s victory in the $1
million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park certified Forte as the favorite for the 149th
running of the
Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 6, but it did not come easy. The champion juvenile male and odds-on favorite experienced...

Angel of Empire spent a good portion of last summer stabled and
working over the

Churchill Downs strip, but was deemed better suited to running elsewhere. He
proved he belongs under the Twin Spires, in the feature on the first Saturday in
May in particular,...

Godolphin’s Wet Paint employed her trademark last-to-first kick in Saturday’s $600,000 Fantasy (G3), completing a sweep of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) scoring races at Oaklawn Park. Another international stable with a U.S. operation, Amo Racing...

Godolphin’s Bold Act took the inside path at Chelmsford to deny Brave Emperor in Saturday’s Cardinal Conditions race, the finale on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. But Brave Emperor’s addition of 12 points brings his total...

With special thanks to Michele MacDonald for sharing insights and photos from Summer Wind
In the November twilight at Churchill Downs, Hall of Famer Zenyatta’s furious late rally came up a head short in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) of 2010....

While horses make their way back to Churchill Downs, a few more major stakes races are taking place around the country and overseas that could lead to derby contenders. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the Florida Derby and Arkansas Derby,...