Kentucky Derby News

Alcibiades, the 1930 Kentucky Oaks winner and Derby competitor, is commemorated with a Grade 1 race in her honor on the opening Friday of Keeneland’s fall meet.

The about seven-furlong turf contest serves as a scoring race on the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby and as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1).

On the latest episode of Inside the Kentucky Derby, hosts Kevin Kerstein and Darren Rogers preview a trio of important Road to the Kentucky Derby races: the American Pharoah Stakes, the Breeders’ Futurity and the Champagne Stakes.

Exciting prospects for next spring's Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) are in action this weekend, with six graded stakes for two-year-olds carrying major implications.

A small but strong field has assembled for Saturday’s $650,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier awarding 10-5-3-2-1 points to the top five finishers.

Kentucky Oaks qualifying points will be awarded in a trio of high-profile races this weekend, the Alcibiades (G1) will be offered Friday and the Frizette (G1) and Oak Leaf (G2) Saturday.

The 2026-27 Road to the Kentucky Derby is underway, and qualifying points will be offered in a trio of anticipated Grade 1 stakes for two-year-olds on Saturday: the American Pharoah, Breeders’ Futurity, and Champagne.

Six-time Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bob Baffert conditions four of the six horses entered in Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita.

Some of the most promising two-year-olds in training will face off in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne (G1) racing one mile at Belmont Park.

Haffner, a son of Justify, captured the Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket, and stablemate Noble Exhibit rolled in the Beresford (G2) to turn the double for renowned trainer Aidan O’Brien.