Kentucky Derby News

October 19, 2022

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Blazing Sevens

Rodeo Creek Racing’s Blazing Sevens picked up 10 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 3 1/4-length triumph in the $500,000 Champagne S. (G1) at Aqueduct on Oct. 1. The winner clocked one mile on the sloppy,...

October 13, 2022

Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes

An
excellent field of seven three-year-old fillies will go postward in Saturday’s
$600,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 1 1/8-mile
turf affair is led by a dangerous duo from the barn of Chad Brown, most notably
Belmont...

October 9, 2022

And Tell Me Nolies nabs Chandelier, Cave Rock cruises in American Pharoah

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks and the Road to the Kentucky Derby
ran parallel at Santa Anita for a pair of Saturday stakes awarding “Win and
You’re In” berths to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
First up
was the 1 1/16-mile...

October 8, 2022

Pedigree fun facts: 2022 Breeders’ Futurity

A half-brother to Nest and relatives of Zenyatta and Untapable are among the well-bred juveniles in Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland.
Lost Ark will try to emulate Nest’s prowess at this track. His half-sister...

October 8, 2022

Forte outduels Loggins in Breeders' Futurity

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Forte and Loggins put on a show before a
sun-drenched crowd at Keeneland on Saturday, dueling through the short stretch
in the $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1). At the wire, it was Forte who had his
neck in front under Irad...

October 8, 2022

Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Breeders’ Futurity

An overflow field of 16 juveniles was entered in Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity S. (G1). The “Win and You’re In” contest will give the winner an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Nov....

October 7, 2022

Wonder Wheel digs in for Alcibiades score

The first finish line at Keeneland came up just in time for Wonder Wheel
in Friday's $497,337 Alcibiades S. (G1). A lukewarm 4-1 favorite in a field of
14 juvenile fillies, Wonder Wheel clung to victory by a nose in the 1 1/16-mile
Road to the Kentucky...

October 7, 2022

Pedigree fun facts: 2022 American Pharoah Stakes

Although the late champion Arrogate never raced at two, he has bequeathed a gifted juvenile in Cave Rock, the red-hot favorite for Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita.
Cave Rock gets his precocity from his dam, Georgie’s...

October 5, 2022

Breeders' Futurity, American Pharoah next rounds on Derby trail

The final 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby preps to be held domestically
before next month's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) will be run Saturday at
Keeneland and Santa Anita. Keeneland hosts the $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1),
while Santa...

October 4, 2022

Fun and Feisty, Wonder Wheel highlight 14 in Alcibiades

Churchill Downs stakes winners Fun and Feisty and Wonder
Wheel are top contenders in Friday’s $500,000 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland.

A Road to the Kentucky Oaks qualifier awarding points on a
10-4-3-2-1 basis to the top five finishers, the 1 1/16-mile...

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