Kentucky Derby News
December 15, 2022
Five set for Los Alamitos Futurity
Prominent winners include 1998 Kentucky Derby hero Real
Quiet and leading sire Into Mischief, and Saturday’s $200,000 Los Alamitos
Futurity (G2) serves as a Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier.
Five juveniles were entered, but Grade 3-placed...
December 15, 2022
Echo Again, Giant Mischief top contenders in nine-horse Springboard Mile
Eclipse Award-winning trainers Steve Asmussen and Brad Cox
will be well-represented in Saturday night’s $400,000 Remington Springboard
Mile. Asmussen will send out 9-5 morning line favorite Echo Again, and Cox has 3-1 second choice Giant Mischief.
Nine...
December 14, 2022
Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Holiday Special Prep Race Previews
Happy Holidays from Inside the Kentucky Derby! On today’s show Darren and KK get into the holiday spirit for the last show of 2022 by previewing a few of the upcoming prep races including the Los Alamitos Futurity, Springboard Mile and Gun Runner....
December 14, 2022
Derma Sotogake moves to head of Japan Derby Road table
Derma
Sotogake pushed himself to the top of the Japan Road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby
table with a narrow victory in the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki.
Settling
about four lengths from the early speed in the about one-mile contest, Derma
Sotogake...
December 12, 2022
Japan Road: 14 contenders set for Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby continues on Wednesday with the 73rd running of the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki. As the second of four scoring races in Japan, it’s worth points on a 20-8-6-4-2 scale to the respective top five finishers.
A...
December 11, 2022
Faiza edges Pride of the Nile in Starlet
Faiza remained unbeaten in Saturday’s $300,500 Starlet (G1)
at Los Alamitos, prevailing by a head over Pride of the Nile.
The two-year-old filly feature offered points on a
10-4-3-2-1 scale as a Road to the Kentucky Oaks series qualifier, but Faiza...
December 8, 2022
Seven entered in Starlet
Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet (G1) at Los Alamitos has attracted a field of seven fillies who will try to make a splash on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The 1 1/16-mile test offers points on the 10-4-3-2-1 scale to the top five eligible finishers.
The...
December 6, 2022
Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Remsen Stakes Race Recap
Inside the Kentucky Derby is your home for exciting news, stories and insights from the people inside of historic Churchill Downs Racetrack. Hosts Darren Rogers and Kevin Kerstein provide in-depth analysis of the most recent derby prep races from around...
December 3, 2022
Dubyuhnell, Julia Shining prove best in Aqueduct preps for Kentucky Derby, Oaks
Dubyuhnell entered Saturday's $250,000 off a maiden win in the slop at
Aqueduct and thrived under in similar conditions to edge long-time leader Arctic
Arrogance in Saturday's $250,000 Remsen (G2) for two-year-olds.
A pace-pressing second...
December 2, 2022
Pedigree fun facts: 2022 Remsen Stakes
Street Sense and Curlin, the respective winners of the first two jewels of the 2007 Triple Crown, are prominent in the pedigrees of two major contenders in Saturday’s Remsen (G2).
Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Street Sense is the sire of the Remsen’s...