Kentucky Derby News

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm’s Locked overcame a wide trip to prevail as the odds-on favorite in Saturday’s $580,750 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The Todd Pletcher trainee outdueled hitherto undefeated The Wine Steward...

Bettors were slightly cool toward Timberlake for the first time in the two-year-old colt’s four-race career in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Aqueduct. The faithful were rewarded when Timberlake proved comfortably best in the 2024 Road to the...

A pair of Kentucky Oaks qualifiers took place on opposite coasts Saturday. In the $202,000 Chandelier (G2) at Santa Anita, Chatalas made all the pace and recorded her first stakes victory, scoring by 1 1/2 lengths. Just F Y I made her stakes debut a winning...

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Candied aced her class and distance tests in Friday’s $600,000 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland, earning a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) as well as 10 points toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1). The Todd Pletcher...

Champion sprinter Speightstown is the paternal grandsire of two Champagne (G1) heroes, Jack Christopher (2021) and Firenze Fire (2017), and now he’ll try to get on the sires’ honor roll himself with two sons squaring off at Aqueduct on Saturday. Speightstown,...

Young sire sensation Gun Runner bids to add another major win to his ledger with Locked, the morning-line favorite in Saturday’s Breeders’ Futurity (G1). Gun Runner is already on the board with a placing in the Keeneland feature, courtesy of Red Route...

Half of the juveniles entered in Saturday’s American Pharoah (G1) come from the sire line of Hall of Famer Curlin. Be You is by Curlin himself, while morning-line favorite Muth, Next Level, and Wine Me Up are grandsons. Be You is out of Jacaranda, winner...

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher has deployed his promising juveniles across the country for Saturday’s three Road to the Kentucky Derby races. His chances of turning a triple are reflected in his contenders’ morning-line odds – Fierceness is...

The Road to the 150th Kentucky Derby continues with three races this weekend including The Champagne Stakes, American Pharoah Stakes, and Breeders’ Futurity each worth 10 points. Darren and KK analyze each race and give you their best bets! Inside the...

Alongside the three scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby this weekend, there’s a trio of companion stakes offering points toward the Kentucky Oaks. All are worth points on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale to the top five eligible finishers. First up...