Kentucky Derby News

With special thanks to Shadai Farm’s Tsubasa Sato for obtaining comments and photos The powerhouse of Shadai recently won the first jewel of Japan’s Triple Crown with exciting homebred Sol Oriens, an unbeaten colt who has all the qualities to complete...

It was a crisp 35-degree morning at Churchill Downs where Winchell Thoroughbreds’ TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (Grade II) runner-up Disarm worked five furlongs in 1:00 with jockey Joel Rosario aboard for Steve Asmussen. Disarm, a son of the former...

What meal options do menus from 65 years ago offer? Back for a second consecutive year, Chef Kenneth Hardiman, the culinary leader at Levy, will curate the official menu of the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) featuring a number of elevated classic Kentucky dishes...

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte led the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series going into winter after victories in the $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland on Oct. 8 and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at the same...

Joining the show today is the unofficial mayor of the backside of Churchill Downs, Backside Security Coordinator Bill Vest. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on Bill to talk about his work and go behind the scenes to talk about his role at the track....

Picking the winner in a race can be difficult enough when the field is large and evenly matched, but selecting the winner across multiple consecutive races is a whole other challenge. However, a horizontal wager — or a bet made across more than one...

It’s well known that the sire of Kingsbarns, brilliant champion Uncle Mo, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby (G1) due to illness in 2011. But the dam (mother) of Kingsbarns, Lady Tapit, was herself highly regarded. A rare filly to be nominated to...

“This Derby is developing so good that it almost frightens me.” Equidistant between a nuclear confrontation that had been successfully averted and a national tragedy that would kickstart years of domestic turbulence, the spring of 1963 was a veritable...

The 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) was one for the ages, as 80-1 Rich Strike beat out 4-1 favorite Epicenter, who placed second, resulting in an astounding $4,101.20 payout on a $2 exacta wager. While you don’t see that kind of payoff at the racetrack every...

Jonathan Poulin, Westerberg, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael Tabor’s Verifying sits in 13th place on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard with 54 qualifying points. He was last seen finishing a game second in...