Kentucky Derby News

Epicenter was born and raised in the Bluegrass State, but not anywhere near the epicenter of Kentucky’s Thoroughbred breeding industry. The Kentucky Derby (G1) contender hails from a family farm in Bowling Green, much nearer to Nashville than to...

Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) is the first U.S. Road to the Kentucky Derby race offering points on the 100-40-20-10 scale. The rematch is on between Epicenter and Call Me Midnight, and Florida...

Last seen capping an unbeaten season in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Echo Zulu kicks off her sophomore campaign in Saturday’s $400,000 Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2). The champion two-year-old filly tops a small field in...

American Pharoah has carved out an historic legacy as the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. Now the Hall of Famer is poised to join another exclusive club, if his exciting three-year-old Forbidden Kingdom goes on to win the Kentucky Derby (G1).

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Un Ojo’s life changed forever one winter night in Kentucky, prompting his name – “one eye” in Spanish.

Early in 2020, a severe storm ripped through Cypress Creek Equine’s farm near Midway, when the yearlings were out in...

A well-matched field of eight will go postward in Saturday’s $500,000 Essex H. (G3) at Oaklawn Park. The 1 1/16-mile event boasts numerous legitimate contenders, and it seems imperative to me to find value in the feature.
The Rodolphe Brisset-trained...

The second of two qualifiers at Tampa Bay Downs, the
$400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3) awarded 85 points (50-20-10-5 scale) toward a
berth in the Kentucky Derby on May 7.
Back-to-back
convincing wins
Classic Causeway sprinted clear at the break and rolled
unopposed...

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. 

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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...

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...