Kentucky Derby News

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...

"This Derby is developing so good that it almost frightens me." The numbers, or lack thereof, told the tale. Only nine horses would face the Derby starter, the second smallest field of the decade.

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...

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...

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...

Originally published April 30, 2023
Dating back to the 1915 Kentucky Derby (G1), 34 horses have entered the event with an undefeated record, with 18 of those sent off as the post-time favorite in the race.
Nine of the unbeaten Derby starters prevailed...

“Be present, keep it close, and remember to breathe.” Hear from the person behind the iconic call to the post at Churchill Downs Racetrack Bugler, Steve Buttleman. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on Steve to talk about his work and...

You can learn a lot in a little time in horse racing, and at the same time, you’ll
never stop discovering new strategies and techniques as a horse racing bettor.

While I’ve watched the Kentucky Derby (G1) each year since the time I was born...

You can learn a lot in a little time in horse racing, and at the same time, you’ll never stop discovering new strategies and techniques as a horse racing bettor.