Kentucky Derby News

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...

Tim Yakteen is responsible for nearly half of the 11 runners
in Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita, a Road to
the Kentucky Derby series qualifier awarding points on a 50-20-15-10-5
basis to the top five finishers.
Here are three...

The
$1 million Rebel (G2), the third of four qualifiers at
Oaklawn Park, took place over a sloppy track on Feb. 25, and Confidence Game
jumped to the top of the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with the 50-point prize in the Road to
the Kentucky Derby series...

The traditional drink of choice for the Run for the Roses is the Mint Julep, but for those looking to think outside the box for your upcoming Kentucky Derby party, here are four unique cocktails inspired by horses who ran in the most exciting two minutes...

Last seen winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland in early November,
juvenile male champion Forte will open his three-year-old campaign in Saturday’s
$400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park. He tops a field of 10
three-year-olds...

Bargain buy Confidence Game all but ensured a start in the 2023 Kentucky Derby following his one-length tally in the $1 million Rebel S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 25.

The winner finished off 1
1/16 miles over the sloppy, sealed surface in 1:44.21...