Kentucky Derby News

A total of 11 sophomores will search for qualifying points in the final 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event at Keeneland on Saturday in the $400,000 Lexington S. (G3). The 1 1/16-mile fray will reward the top-four finishers with points...

The $1 million Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct awarded 170
points to the top four finishers as a major qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, and the 1 1/8-mile race produced a top contender.
Outstanding
late kick
Four of the seven dirt races...

The Santa Anita Derby (G1) has been one of the most
productive Kentucky Derby preps in recent decades, and a pair of talented
three-year-olds will be headed to Churchill Downs after finishing 1-2 in the 170-point
major qualifier.
Exciting newcomer
dazzles
Unraced...

Elevated to Grade 1 status in 2022, the $1 million Blue
Grass has not produced a Kentucky Derby winner since Street Sense in 2007, but
the 170-point major qualifier looks like a strong prep for this year’s Run for the Roses.
Explosive last-to-first
move
Once...

Jeff Drown’s Zandon picked up 100 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his impressive 2 1/2-length victory in the $1 million Blue Grass S. (G1) at Keeneland on April 9. Trained by Chad Brown, the talented sophomore...

Zedan Racing Stables’ Taiba earned 100 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following an emphatic 2 1/4-length tally in the $750,500 Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 9. The Tim Yakteen trainee finished off 1 1/8 miles on...

Fountain of Youth (G2) runner-up In Due Time and Rebel (G2) second Ethereal Road will pursue the points necessary for a Kentucky Derby berth, and Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) runner-up Tawny
Port can secure his positioning on the cut line. All three are contenders
in...

The latest son of Gun Runner to book his spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Taiba is a surprise addition to the field. 
The $1.7 million two-year-old in training purchase has always been highly regarded, but he didn’t make it to the races until...

The first Japanese shipper to try the Kentucky Derby (G1), Ski Captain, represented Shadai Racehorse Co. back in 1995. Now Shadai Farm proprietor Teruya Yoshida is back at Churchill Downs with another homebred, Crown Pride. 
But the contrasts between...

Heavy favorite Matareya romped in Sunday’s $400,000 Beaumont (G3) at Keeneland, bringing the curtain down on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. But because the Godolphin homebred has excelled since shortening up to sprints, trainer Brad Cox isn’t...