Kentucky Derby News

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...

With a few days out to the running of the 149th Kentucky Derby we needed some insight from someone who has experience in the Kentucky Derby. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on Hall of Fame Jockey and NBC Analyst, Jerry Bailey to talk about his...

A full group of sophomore fillies will run 1 1/8 miles on the Churchill Downs main track in the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday. Conditioner Brad Cox has a fine trio of contenders for the affair, and I expect the race to go through two of those...

A
full field of 20 high-quality sophomores will go 1 1/4 miles on the Churchill
Downs main surface in Saturday’s 149th Kentucky Derby (G1). The much
anticipated $3 million Run for the Roses attracted a fantastic group of
three-year-olds in what...

DISARM COMPLETES MAJOR PREPARATIONS FOR KENTUCKY DERBY 149 ON ENTRY DAY FOR DERBY AND OAKS

LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, May 1, 2023) – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Disarm completed his major preparation for Saturday’s 149th running of the $3...