Kentucky Derby News

January 20, 2022

Magic Circle seeks breakthrough in Busanda

Runner-up in the Tempted S. and a close third in the Demoiselle (G2), Magic Circle will try to earn her first stakes win in Sunday’s $100,000 Busanda S. at Aqueduct. Only five other fillies entered the Road to the Kentucky Oaks event, worth points...

January 20, 2022

Expert Pick of the Week: 2022 Lecomte Stakes

An excellent field of nine three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Fair Grounds dirt in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte S. (G3). The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will give qualifying points towards the Run for the Roses...

January 18, 2022

Pari-Mutuel Field 7-5 Morning Line Favorite in Pool 2 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager; Smile Happy 8-1 Second Choice

Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager
(“KDFW”) is set to open at noon Friday with the pari-mutuel field of “All
Other 3-Year-Olds” tabbed as the heavy 7-5 morning line favorite.
The second of five pools
for the KDFW will run...

January 18, 2022

Kentucky Derby Alumni Update for Jan. 18

Kentucky Derby and Oaks alumni came out in force at Oaklawn and Tampa Bay Downs over the last week! Several more are in action on a huge Saturday at Fair Grounds, and a Derby alumni and Champion who has not raced in 10 months has returned to the worktab...

January 16, 2022

Silverbulletday attracts bluebloods La Crete, Sweet as Pie

Royally-bred fillies La Crete and Sweet as Pie will vie for Kentucky Oaks (G1) points in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds. Named for the Hall of Famer who began her march to the Oaks at the historic New Orleans track in 1999,...

January 16, 2022

Pappacap returns to take on Epicenter in Lecomte

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) runner-up Pappacap looks to maintain his position atop the Kentucky Derby (G1) points leaderboard in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds. Epicenter, hero of the recent Gun Runner S., aims to knock him...

January 14, 2022

12 Pedigree fun facts: Pappacap

What can Horse of the Year Gun Runner do to follow up his record-setting season as a freshman sire? After rocketing to the top of the juvenile sire charts with more than $4 million in progeny earnings – a North American record for a first crop –...

January 11, 2022

Pedigree fun facts: Epicenter

The highly-regarded Not This Time was retired with an injury before getting an opportunity to shine on the 2017 Triple Crown trail, but the well-bred stallion is making his presence felt on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Epicenter became the first...

January 10, 2022

Kentucky Derby Alumni Update for Jan. 10

Heading further into January, we’ve seen one of the Kentucky Oaks contenders who took a nice, long break after that race looking better than ever into her four-year-old year.  There is also a Kentucky Derby contender from 2020 who found a tough...

January 9, 2022

Under the Stars repels every challenge in Santa Ynez

Sent off as the 9-10 favorite off a sharp maiden win, Under the Stars posted a gutsy, front-running score in Saturday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez (G2) at Santa Anita. The three-quarter sister to 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Bodemeister did him proud...

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