Kentucky Derby News

Both of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Hit Show’s parents are celebrities. But if you look further, his ancestry includes lesser-known names. 
Here are 12 pedigree fun facts on Hit Show:
1. Sire Candy Ride was unbeaten on dirt and turf on two...

$1 million and 50 qualifying points towards Derby 149 are on the line this weekend at Oaklawn Park. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the Rebel, the next race in the Championship Series on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. They breakdown the field...

An excellent field of 11 three-year-old prospects will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Oaklawn Park surface in Saturday’s $1 million Rebel S. (G2). The lucrative contest is a 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying tilt and will reward the top five...

The first of 16 races in the Championship portion of the Road to the
Kentucky Derby series, the $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds on Feb.
18 awarded points on a 50-20-15-10-5 basis to the top five finishers, and the 1
1/8-mile race served as the...

After joining the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard with a last-to-first victory in the Martha Washington S., Wet Paint seeks to follow up in Saturday’s $300,000 Honeybee (G3). It’s held over the same 1 1/16-mile trip at Oaklawn Park, but with...

Saturday’s $1 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park has drawn a field of 11, and there’s no shortage of early speed in the 1 1/16-mile affair. The final local prep for the Arkansas Derby (G1), the Rebel is worth points toward the Kentucky Derby...

Angel of Empire is new points leader on the Road to the Derby with a win at Fair Grounds. Darren and KK breakdown the action from the Risen Star on today’s show and what they saw from contenders in this past weekend’s prep races. This weekend...

Pretty Mischievous was beaten more than five lengths by Hoosier Philly
when the three-year-old fillies first met in the Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill
Downs in November. On Saturday, in the $291,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair
Grounds, Pretty Mischievous...

Yuji Hasegawa’s Perriere stamped his authority as the favorite in Sunday’s Hyacinth S. at Tokyo. Rolling late over the metric mile, the Triple Crown nominee earned 30 points to become the new leader on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.
By...

Angel of Empire stepped up for trainer Brad Cox in Saturday’s
$400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds, rallying fastest of all to win by a
length. Runner-up in his stakes debut, the Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park on New Year’s Day, Albaugh
Family...