Kentucky Derby News

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions race on Wednesday has attracted a field of seven promising three-year-olds at London’s Kempton Park. Although no early Triple Crown nominees are involved, several have competed in stakes or sport noble pedigrees....

Tapit Trice had supporters concerned during the early stages of Saturday’s $360,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3), breaking last and racing far back in the 12-horse field, but the 1-2 favorite came flying through the stretch to prove best at the wire. The Todd...

Practical Move’s sire, Practical Joke, was a multiple Grade 1 winner around one turn, and his pure class enabled him to finish a creditable fifth in the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1). With a stamina boost from the maternal half of his pedigree, Practical...

A large field of 12 sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main surface in Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3). The 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest will reward the top-five finishers with qualifying points on a 50-25-15-10-5...

Four years ago, on the first Saturday in May 2019, Gary and Mary West felt the exhilaration of winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) with their homebred Maximum Security – for a few minutes. Then they felt the crushing blow of his disqualification for veering...

TAMPA BAY DERBY TOPS ACTION ON ROAD TO KENTUCKY DERBY LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, March 9, 2023) – Saturday’s 43rd running of the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Grade III) is the lone race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series for the next...

Capping off the first part of the Championship Series, the Tampa Bay Derby offers 50 points to the winner, putting them in a good spot for the Kentucky Derby starting gate. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the Tampa Bay Derby, the next race in...

A full field of 12 will square off in Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3), a Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier awarding points on a 50-20-15-10-5 basis to the top five finishers. Here are three talking points for the 1 1/16-mile Tampa...

Kentucky Derby contenders cut back to a one-turn mile for the $300,000 Gotham (G3) on March 4, the third of four Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers at Aqueduct in 2023, and the top five finishers received points on a 50-20-15-10-5 scale. 1....

The third of four Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers at Santa Anita this year, the March 4 San Felipe (G2) awarded points on a 50-20-15-10-5 basis toward a berth in a 20-horse field at Churchill Downs on May 6. 1. Convincing win stamps Practical...