Kentucky Derby News

The third of four Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers at Santa Anita this year, the March
4 San Felipe (G2) awarded points on a 50-20-15-10-5 basis
toward a berth in a 20-horse field at Churchill
Downs on May 6. 
1. Convincing
win stamps...

Champion juvenile male Forte
opened his three-year-old campaign with a convincing win in the March 4 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park, a Road to
the Kentucky Derby series qualifier offering points on 50-20-15-10-5 scale.
1. Impressive
comeback
Everything...

On the heels of winning his 3-year-old debut in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (Grade II), Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte was tabbed as the 4-1 overall morning line betting favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager,...

After a weekend full of great stakes races, Forte stands above the pack as he reclaimed the top spot on the Road to the Derby leaderboard with a win at Gulfstream Park. Darren and KK breakdown the action from the Fountain of Youth, Gotham, San Felipe,...

Blame has attracted attention on the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail as the maternal grandfather of champion Forte, but he has a son of his own in contention – Litigate.
Litigate’s ancestry is replete with stallions who excelled over classic...

Raise Cain came
flying after being forced to check at the conclusion of the far turn in Saturday’s
$300,000 Gotham (G3), angling wide and inhaling rivals to win by 7 1/2 lengths
over a muddy Aqueduct track. The three-year-old colt was overlooked...

Practical Move parlayed a ground-saving trip into victory Saturday in
the $400,000 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita, a Road to the
Kentucky Derby series
prep contested over 1 1/16 miles.
Racing in a pocket behind pacesetter Hejazi much of the way, Practical...

Unraced since his Eclipse Award-clinching victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Forte flaunted his status as a champion – and the early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite – in Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2). The 1-2...

One day after his daughter Dorth Vader upset the Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park, hot young sire Girvin furnished a more formful winner in Sunday’s $100,000 Santa Ysabel (G3) at Santa Anita – 4-5 favorite Faiza, who kept her perfect record...

Florence, Ky. (Saturday, March 4, 2023) – One year ago, Kentucky Derby 148 hero Rich Strike came through Turfway Park before he qualified for the “Run for the Roses.” Now, his winning rider Sonny Leon could have himself another mount...