Kentucky Derby News

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...

Upsets were the order of the day in both of Saturday’s Road to the Kentucky Oaks events worth 50 points to the winner. After Shidabhuti posted a mild upset of the $200,000 Busher S. at Aqueduct, Dorth Vader sprang a 46-1 shock in the $200,000...

Odds-on favorite Cairo captured Friday’s Patton S. at Dundalk and jumped to the top of the European Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. But the Aidan O’Brien trainee will look to earn his way to Churchill Downs another way, via the Mar....

Tiz the Bomb winning the 2022 John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Park (Photo by Coady Photography/Turfway Park) 
By J. Keeler Johnson 

The $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Park hasn't been a Road to the Kentucky Derby...

With a jammed packed weekend full of major stakes races along the Road to the Kentucky Derby, contenders will look to make their stamp on the Derby 149 field. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the Fountain of Youth, Gotham, San Felipe, and John...

On a busy Saturday of Kentucky Derby (G1) preps from coast to coast, the points race action culminates in the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial (9:25 p.m. ET) at Turfway Park. 
The 1 1/16-mile contest on Tapeta serves as the final local stepping stone...

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby resumes in Friday’s Patton S. at Dundalk in Ireland, where the Triple Crown-nominated Cairo looms large for Aidan O’Brien. 
A one-mile test on Polytrack, the Patton is worth points on the 20-8-6-4-2...

Four scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks are on tap this weekend, three on Saturday and one that was rescheduled for Sunday.
Saturday’s trio includes the $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park, the $200,000 Busher S. at Aqueduct,...

Fifteen were entered for Saturday’s $400,000 Gotham (G3) at
Aqueduct, including one also-eligible, and the one-turn mile race serves as a Road to
the Kentucky Derby series qualifier, awarding points on a 50-20-15-10-5
scale to the top five.
Let’s...

A total of 10 sophomores will go postward in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The finale on a massive day of racing marks the return of Champion Forte, who capped his brilliant juvenile campaign with a convincing...