Derby News

The 14 entrants in the 2025 Kentucky Oaks (G1) can be divided into four categories: the Favorite, the Main Challengers, the Up-and-Comers, and the Longshots.

A total of 21 horses have entered the Run for the Roses, and they can be grouped into six different categories.

Kentucky Derby morning-line favorite Journalism topped a work tab of six entrants for the $5 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI)  by working five furlongs over a fast track in 1:01.40 Sunday morning at Churchill Downs.
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Opening Night lit up Churchill Downs as Derby Week began, with thrilling races, stunning fashion, and the 2025 Kentucky Derby Post Draw.

Post positions for the 151st Kentucky Derby (G1) were drawn on Saturday evening, kicking off the annual debate among bettors as to which horses drew well.

As the anticipation builds for the 151st Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks, tonight's post position draw at Churchill Downs holds significant weight for all contenders.

Agave Racing Stable, Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables and Marsha Naify’s Gold Phoenix (IRE) ships in from Santa Anita to headline a field of 12 entered for the 39th running of the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI) for 4-year-olds...

Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna makes her return to Churchill Downs on Friday when she headlines a field of seven fillies and mares for the 40th running of the $1 million Fasig-Tipton La Troienne (GI) going 1 1/16 miles on the main track.
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Whitham Thoroughbreds’ Burnham Square topped a list of five Kentucky Derby hopefuls with timed workouts Saturday morning at Churchill Downs under three track conditions.

Eighteen characters is all an owner gets when naming their equine athlete and perhaps establishing a moniker that evokes a legacy akin to that of Man o’ War or Secretariat.