Kentucky Derby News

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...

Saturday's $600,000 Fantasy S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park would have been ripe for
the taking by Secret Oath. But with that filly entered instead in the Arkansas
Derby (G1) later in the card, the Fantasy not only attracted a few additional
faces, but...

Displaying a versatility that will come in handy in the May 7 Kentucky Derby
(G1), Epicenter rallied from slightly off the pace to register a
convincing victory in Saturday's $1 million
TwinSpires.com
Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds.
Known...

Japanese-based Triple Crown nominee Crown Pride could be bound for Churchill Downs after punching his Kentucky Derby (G1) ticket in Saturday’s $1 million UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan. Sent off as a 16-1 shot, Teruya Yoshida’s homebred drove from...

Making her first start since early November, leading
Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender Echo Zulo
gamely remained unbeaten in Saturday’s $400,000 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds
Oaks (G2), turning back the bid of Hidden Connection to prevail by a nose.
Joel...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby culminated in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama, where the filly Delicada defeated males to remain perfect in three starts. Her victory was worth 40 points, enough to top the Japan leaderboard, but none of the...