Kentucky Derby News
December 2, 2022
Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Remsen Stakes
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...
December 1, 2022
Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Remsen Stakes Race Preview
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 horses in the field, betting favorites,...
November 30, 2022
Tuskegee Airmen steps up in Remsen; Julia Shining, Royal Spa among seven in Demoiselle
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...
November 28, 2022
Inside the Kentucky Derby Podcast: Kentucky Jockey Club Recap
Welcome to Inside the Kentucky Derby 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...
November 27, 2022
Instant Coffee overcomes slow pace, wide trip in Kentucky Jockey Club
Instant Coffee rallied wide into a slow pace and surged to the front inside the final sixteenth of a mile to win Saturday’s 96th running of the $399,625 Kentucky Jockey Club (Grade II) at Churchill Downs by 1 1/4 lengths over Curly Jack and give...
November 27, 2022
'Different' Hoosier Philly coasts home in Golden Rod
The promising 2-year-old filly Hoosier Philly stamped herself as a divisional leader and tantalizing prospect for the Longines Kentucky Oaks as she easily won Saturday’s 79th running of the $400,000 Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs with...
November 26, 2022
Japan Road: Continuar set to travel after capturing Cattleya
Lion Race Horse Co.’s Continuar took command of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard in Saturday’s Cattleya S. at Tokyo, but his ambitions already lie further afield. His Breeders’ Cup-winning trainer, Yoshito Yahagi, is...
November 25, 2022
Pedigree fun facts: 2022 Kentucky Jockey Club
Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, finished outside of the top three only twice in his career. Both uncharacteristic reverses came on sloppy tracks, including a fourth in the 2015 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Now an outstanding second-crop...
November 24, 2022
Hoosier Philly headlines Golden Rod
Gold Standard Racing’s undefeated Hoosier Philly headlines a field of 10 2-year-old fillies that were entered in Saturday’s $400,000 Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs.
The 1 1/16-mile Golden Rod is the next stop on the Road to the Kentucky...
November 24, 2022
Curly Jack returns in Kentucky Jockey Club
Michael McLaughlin’s $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) winner Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday’s 96th running of the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) at Churchill Downs, a “Prep...