Kentucky Derby News

Instant Coffee helped Bolt d’Oro to become the champion freshman sire of 2022. Bolt d’Oro’s progeny earned more than the offspring of his old rivals on the racetrack, Good Magic and Justify, who finished second and third, respectively,...

The Kentucky Derby (G1) trail ramps up with Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, as the points structure now increases to 20-8-6-4-2 for the top five. The companion race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, the $150,000 Silverbulletday...

Occult unleashed her move upon arriving at the top of the
stretch in the $100,000
Busanda S. at Aqueduct, surging to a clear lead and rolling home to a 3
3/4-length victory with Dylan Davis. The three-year-old filly confirmed herself
as an up-and-coming...

Ten years after highly-regarded Violence was knocked off the Triple Crown trail by injury, his son Forte ranks as a leading candidate for the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1). Adding to the father-and-son dynamic is that Todd Pletcher has trained both.
Here are...

After nearly upsetting odds-on favorite Julia Shining in the Dec. 3 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct, Affirmative Lady returns to the same track and 1 1/8-mile trip in Saturday’s $100,000 Busanda S. The Graham Motion trainee will renew rivalry with Demoiselle...

As the calendar flips to 2023 we are getting closer and closer to the Kentucky Derby. On today’s show Darren and KK recap a slew of prep races that have taken place over the last few weeks including: the Springboard Mile, Gun Runner, Smarty Jones,...

Both of Sunday’s scoring races at Santa Anita featured significant scratches. After heavy favorite Justique was withdrawn from the $200,000 Santa Ynez (G3) for fillies, Ice Dancing jumped up to win on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Later on the...

West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables’ Jace’s Road picked up 10 qualifying points in the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series for his 5 1/2-length romp in the Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds on Dec. 26. The winner clocked...

Seven horses started in Saturday's $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, but the
one-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby prep evolved into a two-horse race. Lugan
Knight, who had never led at the first call in three previous starts,
snatched early control...

Sunday’s $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita has picked up a co-feature in the $200,000 Santa Ynez (G3) for fillies, which was rescheduled from New Year’s Day. The Sham on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, and the Santa Ynez on the Road to the...