Expert picks

A smart and well-matched cast of 11 three-year-olds will run 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Fair Grounds in Saturday’s $250,000 Lecomte (G3).

A talented and well-matched field of nine recently turned three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on Saturday in the $250,000 Smarty Jones S. The 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series qualifying tilt will reward the top-five...

An accomplished cast of nine sophomores will run 1 1/8 miles over the Tapeta at Turfway Park in Saturday’s $125,000 Last Hurrah S.

A field of eight two-year-old runners will go 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Fair Grounds in Saturday’s $100,000 Gun Runner S. The 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series tilt will give the top five finishers qualifying points towards the Run...

A nice cast of six juveniles will travel 1 1/16 miles in Saturday’s $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2).

Paladin earned 10 points on the 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his two-length score in the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on Dec. 6.

An exciting field of 12 two-year-old horses will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Aqueduct dirt surface in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen S. (G2).

A talented and well-matched field of 11 will vie in the $300,000 Commonwealth Turf S. (G3) at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Weather has played a huge part in ensuring there is little change once again in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks Power Rankings.

A total of seven fillies and mares will travel one mile over the Churchill Downs dirt course in Saturday’s $300,000 Chilukki S. (G3).