Kentucky Derby News

Sunday’s $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita has picked up a co-feature in the $200,000 Santa Ynez (G3) for fillies, which was rescheduled from New Year’s Day. The Sham on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, and the Santa Ynez on the Road to the...

An octet of sophomores will travel one mile on the Aqueduct dirt in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. The 2023 Road to theKentucky Derby event will reward the top five finishers with qualifying points on a 10-4-3-2-1 structure. 
Arctic Arrogance,...

Remsen (G2) runner-up Arctic
Arrogance will face seven rivals in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. at
Aqueduct. The one-mile event offers points on a 10-4-3-2-1 basis as a Kentucky
Derby qualifier, and the Jerome is the first of four races on the
Road...

Gold Square LLC’s Instant Coffee earned 10 points in the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after recording a 1 1/4-length tally in the $399,625 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on Nov. 26. The winner finished...

Once Victory Formation blasted from his outside post and crossed to the rail in front, Sunday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park was effectively over. The 3-5 favorite led throughout to pass his two-turn test and remain perfect in three...

Update: Overnight rain prompted Santa Anita to cancel on Sunday, and the Santa Ynez (G3) is postponed to Jan. 8. 
A John Shirreffs filly shows a blistering late kick to go from last to first, overwhelming her opponents. That description might make...

Undefeated in two starts sprinting, Victory Formation makes his stakes and two-turn debut in Sunday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S. The one-mile event on New Year’s Day ushers in Oaklawn Park’s Road to the Kentucky Derby, culminating...

Jace's Road was back on his best form Saturday at Fair Grounds when
taking the $98,000 Gun Runner S. in wire-to-wire fashion by 5 1/2 lengths for
trainer Brad Cox and jockey Florent Geroux.
In his previous start, the Oct. 30 Street Sense (G3) at...

Monday’s Gun Runner S. honors the star of the 2016 Fair Grounds Road to the Kentucky Derby who went on to become the 2017 Horse of the Year.
Ironically, one of the main contenders, Hayes Strike, is by an old rival of Gun Runner. His sire, Connect...

Andthewinneris winning the Bourbon (G2) at Keeneland (Photo by Coady Photography)

The $100,000 Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds isn't exactly steeped in history; the 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier was contested for the first time...