Kentucky Derby News

An excellent field of 11 sophomores will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Gulfstream Park dirt in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1). The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying points...

Going into the final event on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, Thursday’s Cardinal Conditions S. at Chelmsford, much of the focus was on the trio coming out of the points race at Kempton. But they were all upstaged by Dark Moon Rising, who...

As a colt from Japan who won the UAE Derby (G2) on Dubai World Cup night, Crown Pride brings international flair to the Kentucky Derby (G1). But his pedigree sports familiar influences, including duplications of supersires Sunday Silence and Mr. Prospector.

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Michael Hilary and Negar Burke’s $1 million UAE Derby (Grade II) runner-up Summer Is Tomorrow was among seven 3-year-olds that were made eligible to compete in the 2022 Triple Crown with a late $6,000 late nomination payment...

Saturday's $600,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park features a gate
load of classic hopefuls. But for potential race favorite Tiz the Bomb,
the Kentucky Derby (G1) is not the classic he might ultimately end up in.
Win or lose on Saturday,...

A major qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series,
the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) awarded points on a
100-40-20-10 scale to the top four finishers, and it produced a top contender for this year’s Run for the Roses on...

Fountain of Youth (G2) winner Simplification will look to bolster his Kentucky Derby credentials
when he lines up for Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream
Park. The 5-2 morning line favorite tops a deep 11-horse field that includes...

 
Foodies can enter to win a taste of the Kentucky Derby® delivered to their doorstep in new sweepstakes
 
Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced the official menu of the 148th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. Additionally,...

Thursday’s Cardinal Conditions S. at Chelmsford, just northeast of London, brings the curtain down on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. No European Road points scorers so far were nominated to the Triple Crown, and neither were the six entrants...

Sunday’s Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks races at Sunland Park produced thrilling finishes. Favorite Slow Down Andy put himself back into the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture by surviving a pace war in the $500,000 Sunland Park Derby (G3), while...