Pedigree fun facts

As expected, the last weekend in November has seen a decent shake-up in Power Rankings for the first Friday and Saturday in May.

Spendthrift Farm’s Further Ado accumulated 10 points on the 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard following his 1 3/4-length triumph in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on Nov. 29.

Champagne (G1) runner-up Talkin faces well-regarded class climbers Paladin, Renegade, and Courting in the Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct.

Odds-on favorite Further Ado won Saturday’s $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), giving Louisville native Brad Cox his milestone 500th Churchill Downs win as a trainer.

Godolphin’s 2-year-old homebred filly Bella Ballerina, a half-sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous, won Saturday’s Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs.

Satono Voyage scored the first 10 points on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, rolling as the odds-on favorite in Saturday’s Cattleya S. at Tokyo.

Fans can always bet on the horses they like to win, but the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager offers the opportunity to bet on your favorite stallions, too!

A total of seven very talented two-year-old colts will run in Saturday’s $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs.

Though Gulch may not have been victorious in the 113th Derby, he did go on to a winning career at shorter distances and later produced a Kentucky Derby winner, sealing his place in the history of the Run for the Roses.

Stakes races for juveniles have been few and far between, and as a result, there isn’t too much happening in the rankings once again.