Kentucky Derby News

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...

January 19, 2023

Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Lecomte Stakes Preview

Fair Grounds is the next stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and a race that has produced over a dozen derby starters in recent years. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the Lecomte which will add 20 points to the winner as well as other...

January 17, 2023

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Winner Forte Tabbed as 10-1 Individual Favorite in Pool 3 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3 is set for its three-day stand
Friday-Sunday where fans will have the third of six early opportunities to bet
the contenders pointed toward the 149th running of the Kentucky
Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade...

January 16, 2023

12 Pedigree fun facts: Instant Coffee

Instant Coffee helped Bolt d’Oro to become the champion freshman sire of 2022. Bolt d’Oro’s progeny earned more than the offspring of his old rivals on the racetrack, Good Magic and Justify, who finished second and third, respectively,...

January 15, 2023

Instant Coffee tops Lecomte; Chop Chop returns in Silverbulletday

The Kentucky Derby (G1) trail ramps up with Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, as the points structure now increases to 20-8-6-4-2 for the top five. The companion race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, the $150,000 Silverbulletday...

January 14, 2023

Occult keeps attracting believers in Busanda

Occult unleashed her move upon arriving at the top of the
stretch in the $100,000
Busanda S. at Aqueduct, surging to a clear lead and rolling home to a 3
3/4-length victory with Dylan Davis. The three-year-old filly confirmed herself
as an up-and-coming...

January 14, 2023

12 Pedigree fun facts: Forte

Ten years after highly-regarded Violence was knocked off the Triple Crown trail by injury, his son Forte ranks as a leading candidate for the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1). Adding to the father-and-son dynamic is that Todd Pletcher has trained both.
Here are...

January 12, 2023

Affirmative Lady looks for Busanda breakthrough

After nearly upsetting odds-on favorite Julia Shining in the Dec. 3 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct, Affirmative Lady returns to the same track and 1 1/8-mile trip in Saturday’s $100,000 Busanda S. The Graham Motion trainee will renew rivalry with Demoiselle...

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