Kentucky Derby News

CALM BEFORE THE STORM ON DERBY FRONT AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, April 28, 2023) – Overnight rain in Louisville left a sealed and muddy track for Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horses to navigate Friday morning. But, no harm; no foul....

C R K Stable’s Skinner ranks 19th on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard with 45 points. The sophomore colt most recently finished a close third in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 8, which rewarded the talented youngster...

We are just over a week out from the running of the 149th Kentucky Derby. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on two legendary trainers Wayne Lukas and Todd Pletcher to talk about their experience with the Kentucky Derby. Wayne does not have any horses...

10 KENTUCKY OAKS HOPEFULS WORK AT CHURCHILL DOWNS; TWO PHIL’S WORKS AT HAWTHORNE, RAISE CAIN AT KEENELAND FOR KENTUCKY DERBY LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, April 27, 2023) – Ten hopefuls for next Friday’s 149th running of the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky...

Joining the show today is Gary Yunt who has been a part of the Churchill Downs communication staff since 1979. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on Gary to talk about stories from the Kentucky Derby which he’s attended for 57 years. He highlights...

70 years ago the world experienced a remarkable upset “It is easy to forget who won last year’s Super Bowl, but every [Kentucky] Derby winner has his name etched in history,” noted turf writer Andrew Beyer once observed. “Even Louisville schoolboys...

JAPANESE HOPEFULS, SUN THUNDER WORK TOWARD DERBY 149 LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, April 26, 2023) – Three Kentucky Derby hopefuls as well as a Kentucky Oaks possible entrant worked Wednesday morning over a fast track at Churchill Downs. Hiroyuki Asanuma’s...

Unbeaten Triple Crown champion Justify rewrote the record book in his racing career. Now he could add to his historic profile by siring a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner in his first crop, and his promising colt Verifying gives him a chance.
Justify would...

MAGE GETS FIRST FEEL FOR CHURCHILL DOWNS TRACK; DERBY CONTENDERS CONTINUAR, DERMA SOTOGAKE, SUN THUNDER SLATED TO WORK WEDNESDAY LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, April 25, 2023) – Florida Derby (GI) runner-up Mage, who arrived at Churchill Downs early Monday,...

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...