Kentucky Derby News

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...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Disarm ranks 18th on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby Challenge series leaderboard with 46 qualifying points for conditioner Steve Asmussen. The talented youngster punched his ticket for the Run for the Roses when...

Horses are back here at Churchill Downs preparing for the first Saturday in May. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on trainer Brad Cox to talk about his work, training three horses who have made the cut for the 149th Kentucky Derby. He breakdowns...

A solid field of turf turf stayers will travel 1 1/2 miles on the Keeneland green in Saturday’s $350,000 Elkhorn (G2). The grassy marathon attracted the top-two finishers in the race in 2022, Channel Maker and Another Mystery, and I will be looking...