Kentucky Derby News

January 14, 2023

12 Pedigree fun facts: Forte

Ten years after highly-regarded Violence was knocked off the Triple Crown trail by injury, his son Forte ranks as a leading candidate for the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1). Adding to the father-and-son dynamic is that Todd Pletcher has trained both.
Here are...

January 12, 2023

Affirmative Lady looks for Busanda breakthrough

After nearly upsetting odds-on favorite Julia Shining in the Dec. 3 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct, Affirmative Lady returns to the same track and 1 1/8-mile trip in Saturday’s $100,000 Busanda S. The Graham Motion trainee will renew rivalry with Demoiselle...

January 10, 2023

Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Holiday Season Prep Race Recaps

As the calendar flips to 2023 we are getting closer and closer to the Kentucky Derby. On today’s show Darren and KK recap a slew of prep races that have taken place over the last few weeks including: the Springboard Mile, Gun Runner, Smarty Jones,...

January 9, 2023

Reincarnate surprises in Sham; Ice Dancing skates in Santa Ynez

Both of Sunday’s scoring races at Santa Anita featured significant scratches. After heavy favorite Justique was withdrawn from the $200,000 Santa Ynez (G3) for fillies, Ice Dancing jumped up to win on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Later on the...

January 9, 2023

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Jace’s Road

West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables’ Jace’s Road picked up 10 qualifying points in the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series for his 5 1/2-length romp in the Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds on Dec. 26. The winner clocked...

January 7, 2023

Lugan Knight withstands steady pressure in Jerome victory

Seven horses started in Saturday's $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, but the
one-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby prep evolved into a two-horse race. Lugan
Knight, who had never led at the first call in three previous starts,
snatched early control...

January 6, 2023

Sham draws six; Justique tops rescheduled Santa Ynez

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...

January 6, 2023

Expert Pick of the Week: 2023 Jerome Stakes

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,...

January 4, 2023

Arctic Arrogance highlights eight in Jerome

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...

January 2, 2023

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Instant Coffee

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...

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