Kentucky Derby News

A total of nine sophomore fillies will travel seven panels on the Keeneland main surface in Saturday’s $350,000 Raven Run S. (G2). The feature on an excellent day of racing attracted a fine cast of three-year-olds, with contenders from top to bottom...

The early favorite for next June’s Epsom Derby (G1), Auguste Rodin, leads an eight-horse field set for Saturday’s Vertem Futurity Trophy (G1) at Doncaster. The mile affair down the straightaway offers points on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby,...

Rodeo Creek Racing’s Blazing Sevens picked up 10 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 3 1/4-length triumph in the $500,000 Champagne S. (G1) at Aqueduct on Oct. 1. The winner clocked one mile on the sloppy, sealed...

An excellent field of seven three-year-old fillies will go postward in Saturday’s $600,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 1 1/8-mile turf affair is led by a dangerous duo from the barn of Chad Brown, most notably Belmont...

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks and the Road to the Kentucky Derby ran parallel at Santa Anita for a pair of Saturday stakes awarding “Win and You’re In” berths to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. First up was the 1 1/16-mile Chandelier S....

A half-brother to Nest and relatives of Zenyatta and Untapable are among the well-bred juveniles in Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. Lost Ark will try to emulate Nest’s prowess at this track. His half-sister romped in the...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Forte and Loggins put on a show before a sun-drenched crowd at Keeneland on Saturday, dueling through the short stretch in the $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1). At the wire, it was Forte who had his neck in front under Irad Ortiz...

An overflow field of 16 juveniles was entered in Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity S. (G1). The “Win and You’re In” contest will give the winner an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Nov. 4, at the same Keeneland...

The first finish line at Keeneland came up just in time for Wonder Wheel in Friday’s $497,337 Alcibiades S. (G1). A lukewarm 4-1 favorite in a field of 14 juvenile fillies, Wonder Wheel clung to victory by a nose in the 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky...

Although the late champion Arrogate never raced at two, he has bequeathed a gifted juvenile in Cave Rock, the red-hot favorite for Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita. Cave Rock gets his precocity from his dam, Georgie’s Angel,...