Derby News

As the calendar turns to fall, two-year-old Thoroughbreds with dreams of making next year’s $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) will begin to take their first steps on the trail.

The Road to Kentucky Derby 152 will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs where Joseph Sutton’s Ellis Park Juvenile winner Comport headlines a field of 10 in the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III).

Respect the Valley’s undefeated 2-year-old filly Dazzling Dame will look to begin her Road to the Kentucky Oaks in Saturday's Pocahontas (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.

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The official Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will begin Saturday, Sept. 13 at the home of America’s greatest race as Churchill Downs stages...

Eight colts and one gelding will travel 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) over the turf course at Colonial Downs in Saturday’s $500,000 Old Dominion Derby (G3).

A nine-horse field led by Grade 1 winner World Beater has turned out to contest Saturday’s $500,000 Old Dominion Derby (G3) at Colonial Downs.

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A couple of Kentucky Derby (G1) alumni are among eight horses entered in Saturday’s $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier to the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

An outstanding field of eight will run 1 1/4 miles over the Del Mar dirt in Saturday’s prestigious $1 million Pacific Classic S. (G1).

History was on the line when Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont (G1) hero Sovereignty lined up in Saturday’s Travers (G1) at Saratoga.