Kentucky Derby News

Fair Grounds in New Orleans will be the proving ground for the 14-horse field in the Risen Star this weekend. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the first major stakes race in the Championship Series on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. They...

The first of two qualifiers at Tampa Bay Downs, the Feb. 11 Sam
F. Davis (G3) offered points on a 20-8-6-4-2 scale as part of the Road to
the Kentucky Derby series, and the top four finishers made their stakes
debut in the 1 1/16-mile race.
1. Litigate
easily...

Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds ushers in the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series. The points on offer now increase to a 50-20-15-10-5 structure to the top five.
A full field of 14 has entered the 1 1/8-mile contest,...

Budding star Hoosier Philly kicks off her sophomore campaign in Saturday’s $300,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16-mile feature is a key race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, worth points on an enhanced 50-20-15-10-5 scale to...

Centennial
Farms’ Litigate earned 20 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after posting a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 11. The winner ran 1 1/16 miles on
the fast...

After a big weekend of prep races, we have a number of new names and faces shaking up the Road to the Derby leaderboard. Darren and KK breakdown the action from the Withers, Sam F. Davis and El Camino Real Derby on today’s show and what they saw...

You might say that champion filly Wonder Wheel got stuck in the snow, so to speak, in Saturday’s $150,000 Suncoast S., as she could not get past the unheralded Dreaming of Snow at Tampa Bay Downs. The 38-1 shot grabbed the early lead and refused...

Adam Ference and Bill Dory’s Chase the Chaos had been improving in every start at Golden Gate Fields, and the Ed Moger Jr. trainee continued his ascent in Saturday’s $101,350 El Camino Real Derby. Patiently handled by Armando Ayuso, the 4.20-1...

Litigate made his stakes debut a winning one in Sam F. Davis
(G3), rallying to a 1 1/4-length decision, and provided trainer Todd Pletcher with
a record seventh victory in the Road to
the Kentucky Derby series qualifier at Tampa Bay Downs.
Pletcher, who...

Hit Show resoundingly announced his presence on the Kentucky
Derby trail in Saturday’s $250,000
Withers (G3) at Aqueduct, rolling to a 5 1/2-length decision in his stakes
debut. The Brad Cox-trained colt garnered his first 20 points in the Road...