Kentucky Derby News
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...
January 23, 2023
Southwest, Martha Washington showdowns on tap at Oaklawn Park
Trainer Brad Cox has won three of the past five scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, and he’ll try to keep the momentum going in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park. The Cox trio of Corona Bolt, Jace’s Road,...
January 23, 2023
Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Lecomte Stakes Recap
After a big win in the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds this past weekend, Instant Coffee jumps up the leaderboard as a horse to watch on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Darren and KK breakdown the Lecomte on today’s show and what they saw from contenders...
January 23, 2023
12 Pedigree fun facts: Blazing Sevens
Runner-up to Triple Crown champion Justify in the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1), Good Magic has several well-credentialed sons from his first crop who can bid for the roses that eluded him.
Blazing Sevens became his first Grade 1 winner in the Champagne (G1)....
January 22, 2023
The Alys Look turns back Chop Chop in Silverbulletday
Saturday's $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds evolved into an
intramural battle between the Brad Cox-trained fillies The Alys Look and
Chop Chop, and it was The Alys Look who fended off her 4-5 favored stablemate to
take the Road to the...
January 22, 2023
Instant Coffee sharp in Lecomte return
Instant Coffee unleashed a bold turn of foot on the far turn
of Saturday’s $194,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, rallying from last into contention
turning for home, and the long-striding colt blew past leaders to win going
away by a 2 1/2-length...
January 22, 2023
12 Pedigree fun facts: Victory Formation
From the first crop of 2017 Belmont (G1) winner Tapwrit, Victory Formation is helping to put his young sire on the map. Here are 12 pedigree fun facts to know about Victory Formation:
1. Tapwrit is the third of his sire Tapit’s record-tying four...