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Finding a horse to follow on the Road to the Kentucky Derby could be overwhelming for some. With typically over 21,000 Thoroughbreds hoping to earn their way...

The Lyster family of Ashview Farm and Richard Santulli of Colts Neck Stables have a history of breeding major winners, and the longtime partners could make history at Churchill Downs on the first weekend in May. 

The breeders of leading Kentucky...

Teruya Yoshida’s Crown Pride (JPN) turned in his most impressive pre-Kentucky Derby work Wednesday morning by working a bullet half-mile in :46.40 over a fast track.

    Working with the 4-year-old Southern...

Barray and Joni Butzow’s homebred Zozos ranks 17th on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard with 40 qualifying points. The Brad Cox pupil earned entry into the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on May 7 when finishing...

Lucky Seven Stable’s Smile Happy ranks 10th on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard with 70 qualifying points. Trained by Kenny McPeek, the classy sophomore was last seen finishing a clear second in the Bluegrass S. (G2)...

Whisper Hill Farm homebred Charge It sits in 19th place on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard with 40 qualifying
points. The Todd Pletcher pupil earned his berth into the Run for the
Roses at Churchill Downs on May 7 by coming...

Messier’s very name proclaims his Canadian identity, as a tribute to the retired National Hockey League great Mark Messier. But the colt’s heritage runs much deeper, through a half-century of history at Sam-Son Farm. An icon of Canadian racing...

Sumaya U.S. Stables’ Pioneer of Medina, third-place finisher in the Louisiana Derby (GII) in his most recent start, tuned up for a possible start in Kentucky Derby 148 by working five furlongs in company in :59.80 over a fast track on...

Tiz the Bomb has established his class on turf and the all-weather Tapeta surface, as you might expect for a son of 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) hero Hit It a Bomb. Although his dam was also primarily a turf performer, her Hall of Fame...

Derby season is here and Churchill Downs was bustling with
excitement Friday morning as 10 Derby and Oaks contenders logged their
penultimate work prior to the first weekend in May. Half of those workers were
from Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher’s...