Kentucky Derby News

March 14, 2022

Nine pedigree fun facts: Un Ojo

You might imagine that a one-eyed gelding who pulled a 75-1 upset in a major race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby wouldn’t have much of a pedigree. But Un Ojo, the surprise package in the $1 million Rebel (G2), has fine bloodlines all around. 

Here...

March 13, 2022

Star filly Secret Oath adds luster to Arkansas Derby

Oaklawn Park’s Road to the Kentucky Derby has lacked a standout this season, but the Hot Springs trail will heat up with star filly Secret Oath taking on the boys in the Apr. 2 Arkansas Derby (G1). 
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas gave fellow Hall of...

March 12, 2022

Classic Causeway rolls in Tampa Bay Derby

Classic Causeway continued to burnish his Kentucky Derby
credentials in Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2), dominating the Championship
Series qualifier on the lead. Irad Ortiz Jr. was up on the odds-on favorite,
who has now recorded two straight...

March 11, 2022

Tales from the Crib: Classic Causeway

Classic Causeway was always going to be a sentimental rooting interest in the Kentucky Derby (G1), as one of only three registered foals bequeathed by the “Iron Horse” Giant’s Causeway in his final crop. But the blaze-faced chestnut...

March 10, 2022

Three Takeaways from 2022 Fountain of Youth Stakes

The Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park will guarantee
the winner a spot in the Run for the Roses, awarding a 50-point prize as a Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier, and Simplification continued his rise in the three-year-old ranks with
a...

March 10, 2022

Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series Heads to Tampa Bay Downs

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series will make its final stop at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday where Kentucky West Racing and Clarke Cooper’s two-time winner Classic Causeway tops a field of 12 3-year-olds that...

March 10, 2022

Nine pedigree fun facts: Simplification

Simplification became the second major winner on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby for hot young sire Not This Time, after Epicenter. 

The two exciting contenders have even more in common, however, than their sire. Both Simplification and Epicenter...

March 10, 2022

Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Tampa Bay Derby

A full field of 12 three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles on the dirt in Saturday's $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2). The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series test will reward the first four to cross the wire with qualifying points on...

March 9, 2022

Three Takeaways from 2022 San Felipe Stakes

The San Felipe (G2) has yielded multiple Kentucky Derby
winners in the last decade, and the 1 1/16-mile race produced a top contender
last Saturday.
Makes it
look easy
Forbidden Kingdom
stretched out to two turns like a superstar, dominating by a 5 3/4-length...

March 9, 2022

Three Takeaways from 2022 Gotham Stakes

Kentucky Derby points were offered at a one-turn mile in the
Gotham S. (G3), the third of four qualifiers at Aqueduct in 2022.
Sharp score
to remain unblemished
Morello did not
disappoint as the even-money favorite, winning geared down by 4 1/2 lengths.
After...

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