Kentucky Derby News

March 24, 2022

Scully inspects storylines surrounding final eight major Kentucky Derby qualifiers

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series will ramp
up over the next three weekends as eight major qualifiers will be offered. All
offer the maximum of 170 points to the top four finishers (100-40-20-10), and the
final round of prep races will...

March 24, 2022

Japan Road: Eight entered in Fukuryu finale

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby culminates in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama, worth points on a 40-16-8-4 basis to the top four finishers. No previous points scorers are in the eight-horse field, so the winner will vault to the top of the...

March 24, 2022

Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Louisiana Derby

An excellent field of nine sophomores will travel 1 3/16 miles over the Fair Grounds main surface in Saturday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2). The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying...

March 22, 2022

Slow Down Andy headlines Sunland Park Derby's return from hiatus

The $500,000 Sunland Park Derby (G3) will be staged for the first time since
2019 on Sunday, and Slow Down Andy figures to be a solid favorite in the
1 1/8-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep.
The Sunland Park Derby was not held in either 2020...

March 21, 2022

Three American-based contenders among international field for UAE Derby

The $1 million UAE Derby (G2) on Saturday’s Dubai World Cup (G1) card has lured a full field of 16 representing countries from all over the map, from the United States and Uruguay to Russia and Japan, along with Emirati-based sophomores. Six entrants...

March 21, 2022

Tales from the Crib: Epicenter

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...

March 20, 2022

Epicenter bids to hold off Call Me Midnight, Rattle N Roll in Louisiana Derby

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...

March 20, 2022

Champion Echo Zulu returns in Fair Grounds Oaks

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...

March 19, 2022

Nine pedigree fun facts: Forbidden Kingdom

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).

Here...

March 17, 2022

Tales from the Crib: Un Ojo

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...

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