Kentucky Derby News

February 4, 2023

Red Carpet Ready stays perfect in Forward Gal

Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing’s Red Carpet Ready
strutted her stuff in Saturday’s $125,000 Forward Gal (G3) at Gulfstream Park, extending
her record to a perfect 3-for-3. The Rusty Arnold trainee, who romped in her
first two starts...

February 2, 2023

Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Holy Bull and Robert B. Lewis Stakes Preview

With the Withers at Aqueduct being postponed due to weather, the Holy Bull Stakes becomes the prep race to watch this weekend. There will be another race at Santa Anita Park in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes however, all of the horses in that field are...

February 1, 2023

Betting Smarter: Four Tips for Betting the Kentucky Derby for the first time

There is no exact formula for achieving success, but find out a few tips that can be helpful with your first Kentucky Derby wager.

February 1, 2023

Arctic Arrogance, Hit Show among six in Withers

Update: Frigid weather has prompted Aqueduct to cancel racing on Friday and Saturday. The Withers is postponed one week, to Feb. 11, with entries to be redrawn next Wednesday. 
Saturday’s $250,000 Withers
(G3) is the second of four Kentucky...

January 30, 2023

Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Southwest Stakes Recap

Odds-on favorite Arabian Knight took home the victory in the Southwest Stakes. Darren and KK breakdown the action from Oaklawn Park on today’s show and what they saw from contenders in this past weekend’s prep races. They also cover some updates...

January 30, 2023

Holy Bull attracts eight; fillies compete in Forward Gal

Gulfstream Park hosts scoring races for both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) on Saturday. The $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) and the
$125,000 Forward Gal (G3) each offer points on the 20-8-6-4-2 scale to the top
five finishers. 

Here are the top...

January 29, 2023

Wet Paint splashes home in Martha Washington

Godolphin’s homebred Wet Paint was an apt winner of Saturday’s $200,000 Martha Washington S. on a rainy day at Oaklawn Park. Rallying from last to first in her stakes debut, the Brad Cox filly picked up 20 points toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Wet...

January 29, 2023

Arabian Knight best in Southwest

Arabian Knight made
all the running as the odds-on favorite in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest (G3)
at Oaklawn Park, winning comfortably by a 5 1/2-length margin. John Velazquez piloted
the son of Uncle Mo for Zedan Racing Stable (Amr Zedan).
A Road...

January 26, 2023

Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Southwest Stakes Preview

Oaklawn Park will feature the next key stakes race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby this weekend. The Southwest Stakes will be the proving ground for a number of horses with points currently on the leaderboard. On today’s show Darren and KK preview...

January 24, 2023

Takeaways from 2023 Lecomte Stakes

The first of three Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers at Fair
Grounds in 2023, Saturday’s Lecomte (G3) awarded points on a 20-8-6-4-2 scale
to the top five finishers. Instant Coffee rallied to win going away by a 2 1/2-length
margin, moving...

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