Derby News

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.

LIVE updates for the Travers Stakes are here! Get ready for a huge day of horse racing with a ton of information.

Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who guided Secretariat to his record-smashing sweep of the 1973 Triple Crown, died at his New Brunswick, Canada, home on Aug. 22 at the age of 84.

Four brave sophomores will take on dual classic winner Sovereignty in Saturday’s historic, $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

While Devil Diver may have finished behind stablemate Shut Out in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, this Greentree-bred made his name in the handicap division, turning his losing shot under the Twin Spires into a Hall of Fame career.

Sovereignty, winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1), leads a compact five-horse field entered in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga.

Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont (G1) star Sovereignty will meet only four rivals in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga.

Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer was favored to add Saturday’s Alabama (G1) to her resume, but she could not catch D. J. Stable’s homebred Nitrogen.