Kentucky Derby News

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...

Champion juvenile male Forte opened his three-year-old campaign with a convincing win in the March 4 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier offering points on 50-20-15-10-5 scale. 1. Impressive comeback...

On the heels of winning his 3-year-old debut in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (Grade II), Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte was tabbed as the 4-1 overall morning line betting favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which...

After a weekend full of great stakes races, Forte stands above the pack as he reclaimed the top spot on the Road to the Derby leaderboard with a win at Gulfstream Park. Darren and KK breakdown the action from the Fountain of Youth, Gotham, San Felipe,...

Blame has attracted attention on the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail as the maternal grandfather of champion Forte, but he has a son of his own in contention – Litigate. Litigate’s ancestry is replete with stallions who excelled over classic distances,...