Kentucky Derby News

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.
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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...

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...

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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...

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...

A total of seven juveniles will travel 1 1/8 miles in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen S. (G2) at Aqueduct. The nine-furlong dirt tussle attracted a strong group of two-year-old prospects that can make their presence felt both in the race and going forward...

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Tuskegee Airmen
has opened his racing pair with a pair of convincing wins, crushing maiden rivals
at Parx before rolling to a 3 1/4-length victory in the one-mile Rocky Run S.
at Delaware Park on Oct. 15, and the promising two-year-old colt will put his
unbeaten...

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