Pedigree fun facts

Can perennial leading sire Into Mischief deliver a record-breaking fourth Kentucky Derby (G1) winner?

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah sired the Kentucky Oaks favorite, Hall of Famer Gun Runner has four chances, and Derby champ Street Sense's hope is a half to the 2023 Oaks winner.

Gun Runner’s current contender, Further Ado, sports a pedigree pattern very similar to 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) near-misser Sierra Leone.

The early favorite for the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1), Ted Noffey, will try to make history for perennial leading sire Into Mischief on the first Saturday in May.

The contenders in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) have pedigree connections to past editions of the championships.

The pedigree angles for Saturday’s 157th Belmont (G1) conjure up memories of the 2007 running, when Hall of Famer Curlin was just outdueled by champion filly Rags to Riches.

Hall of Famer Curlin would achieve another historic milestone as a stallion if his son Journalism prevails in Saturday’s Preakness (G1).

The 151st Kentucky Derby (G1) showcases regal pedigrees, several of potentially history-making significance.

The most dramatic element in Tiztastic’s pedigree is the close duplication of the great patriarch Tapit.

Triple Crown champion Justify has already sired an Epsom Derby (G1) winner, and now the hot international stallion has a Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in American Promise.