Kentucky Derby News

Oaklawn Park’s series of Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifiers begins with Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S.

A very competitive group of 12 fillies and mares will vie in Thursday’s $100,000 Nelson J. Menard Memorial S. at Fair Grounds providing a potential lucrative return for an exotic exacta bet.

Built debuted on Aug. 24 in a sprint at Ellis Park and finished behind subsequent Grade 1 hero East Avenue.

Built on Saturday kicked off a series of four Kentucky Derby (G1) preps at Fair Grounds this winter with an emphatic 6 3/4-length triumph in the $96,000 Gun Runner S.

A compact field of five sophomores will go 1 1/16 miles over the Fair Grounds dirt in Saturday’s $125,000 Gun Runner S.

Norman Stable’s Coal Battle picked up 10 qualifying points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after going last-to-first en route to posting a half-length triumph in the $300,000 Springboard Mile S. at Remington Park on December...

Journalism earned 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby following his 3 1/2-length score in the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Dec. 14.

The 1 1/16-mile Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds made headlines when its inaugural running in 2021 churned out 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) 1-2 finishers Rich Strike and Epicenter.

This year’s design pays homage to the historical racetrack with the legendary Twin Spires featured in the Kentucky Derby 151 logo and in a frosted motif on the glass. Every official Kentucky Derby winner – from Aristides in 1875 to Mystik Dan in 2024...

Fair Grounds hosts its “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” on Saturday, with the $100,000 Gun Runner S. opening the series of scoring races at the historic New Orleans track.