Kentucky Derby News

The sire line of Curlin was responsible for 80-1 Kentucky Derby (G1) upsetter Rich Strike, and now the Hall of Famer goes for an encore with a couple of longshots in the 2022 Preakness (G1).
Curlin belongs to an exclusive club of Preakness heroes who...

Nine sophomores will compete in the second leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday at Pimlico. The $1.5 million Preakness S. (G1) attracted a fine cast of three-year-olds set to tackle the much-anticipated 1 3/16-mile dirt test.

Early Voting gave a fine...

Epicenter winning the Risen Star S. (G2) at Fair Grounds (Photo by Hodges Photography/Amanda Hodges Weir)

Nine horses have been entered to contest Saturday's $1.5 million Preakness S. (G1) at Pimlico, the second leg of the Triple Crown. It isn't...

Saturday’s Preakness (G1) serves up a terrific clash between Epicenter, who was just caught in the final strides of the Kentucky Derby (G1), and the queen of the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Secret Oath.
Epicenter went off as the 4.10-1 favorite in the Derby...

It was on one of those fun-filled road trips to tracks like Mountaineer, Turfway Park, Ellis Park, and Indiana Downs more than a decade ago that trainer Eric Reed first extended an open invitation to Dr. Ben Lyon, a client who was rapidly becoming a close...

Twilight Gleaming winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) at Del Mar (Photo by Horsephotos.com)

A dozen three-year-old fillies will square in Saturday's $160,000 Mamzelle S. at Churchill Downs, a 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint potentially...

Sophomore fillies will travel five grassy panels on the Churchill Downs turf in Saturday’s $160,000 Mamzelle S. The dash attracted a sizable field of 12, but the affair will go through Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) heroine Twilight...

Saturday’s 148th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby
(G1) proved to be a stunner. Let’s examine three takeaways.
Something
to see but impossible to envision
Overlooked as the 80-1 longest shot among 20 runners, Rich Strike closed quickly...

With his dramatic late surge to upset the Kentucky Derby (G1) at 80-1, Rich Strike evoked memories of his sire, Keen Ice, who ran down Triple Crown star American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers (G1). 
Rich Strike’s dam, Gold Strike, was accomplished...

Eric Reed, trainer of Rich Strike (First) – “He passed them all. I’m elated. I’m happy because this horse trained good enough to win. This rider (Sonny Leon) has been on him all along as he learned the process. He taught him...