Kentucky Derby News

Repole Stable’s Chocolate Gelato made a splash on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks in Sunday’s $400,000 Frizette (G1) at Aqueduct. The 1.65-1 favorite off a towering maiden win at Saratoga, the Todd Pletcher filly professionally handled her first...

Nurlan Bizakov’s homebred Belbek sprang an 18-1 surprise in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1), the opener on a banner Arc Day at ParisLongchamp. The longest shot on the board after being beaten in his past two stakes appearances, the Andre...

All six entrants in Saturday’s Champagne (G1) have pedigree ties to the historic contest for two-year-olds.
Triple Crown champion Justify has two chances to sire a Champagne winner in his first crop – Verifying, the 9-5 morning-line favorite,...

A non-threatening third over a wet track in the Sept. 5
Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga, Blazing Sevens
relished the sloppy conditions in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne (G1) at
Aqueduct, rallying to win going away by a 3 1/4-length margin. The Chad
Brown-trained...

Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) kicks off “Arc Day” at ParisLongchamp, with the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) the focal point of a fantastic card. The Lagardere is a scoring opportunity on the European Road to the Kentucky...

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks goes through New York on Sunday, as seven fillies square off in the $400,000 Frizette (G1). Held at Aqueduct because of construction at Belmont Park this fall, the one-turn mile affair is worth points on the 10-4-3-2-1 scale...

The second of 37 qualifiers in the Road to the Kentucky
Derby series, Saturday’s Champagne S. (G1) at Aqueduct has attracted Gulfport, a smashing 12-length winner
of the Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs in June.
Six juveniles will compete in...

A talented field of six juveniles will travel one mile on the Aqueduct main surface in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne S. (G1). The all-important two-year-old dash acts as a 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby series event, with the top five finishers...

The 2022-23 European Road to the Kentucky Derby got off to an unpredictable start on Saturday, as odds-on favorites were overturned in both points races. The Foxes came out on top of a tight finish in the Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket, where the 2-7 Flying...

Michael McLoughlin’s Curly Jack picked up 10 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his one-length victory in the $299,250 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs on Sept. 17. The two-year-old colt finished off 1 1/16...