Kentucky Derby News

Update: Frigid weather has prompted Aqueduct to cancel racing on Friday and Saturday. The Withers is postponed one week, to Feb. 11, with entries to be redrawn next Wednesday. 
Saturday’s $250,000 Withers
(G3) is the second of four Kentucky...

Odds-on favorite Arabian Knight took home the victory in the Southwest Stakes. Darren and KK breakdown the action from Oaklawn Park on today’s show and what they saw from contenders in this past weekend’s prep races. They also cover some updates...

Gulfstream Park hosts scoring races for both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) on Saturday. The $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) and the
$125,000 Forward Gal (G3) each offer points on the 20-8-6-4-2 scale to the top
five finishers. 

Here are the top...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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)....