Kentucky Derby News

Godolphin’s homebred Wet Paint was an apt winner of Saturday’s $200,000 Martha Washington S. on a rainy day at Oaklawn Park. Rallying from last to first in her stakes debut, the Brad Cox filly picked up 20 points toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1). Wet...

Arabian Knight made all the running as the odds-on favorite in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, winning comfortably by a 5 1/2-length margin. John Velazquez piloted the son of Uncle Mo for Zedan Racing Stable (Amr Zedan). A Road to...

Oaklawn Park will feature the next key stakes race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby this weekend. The Southwest Stakes will be the proving ground for a number of horses with points currently on the leaderboard. On today’s show Darren and KK preview...

The first of three Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifiers at Fair Grounds in 2023, Saturday’s Lecomte (G3) awarded points on a 20-8-6-4-2 scale to the top five finishers. Instant Coffee rallied to win going away by a 2 1/2-length margin, moving...

Trainer Brad Cox has won three of the past five scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, and he’ll try to keep the momentum going in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park. The Cox trio of Corona Bolt, Jace’s Road, and Hit Show...

After a big win in the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds this past weekend, Instant Coffee jumps up the leaderboard as a horse to watch on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Darren and KK breakdown the Lecomte on today’s show and what they saw from contenders...

Runner-up to Triple Crown champion Justify in the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1), Good Magic has several well-credentialed sons from his first crop who can bid for the roses that eluded him. Blazing Sevens became his first Grade 1 winner in the Champagne (G1)....

Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds evolved into an intramural battle between the Brad Cox-trained fillies The Alys Look and Chop Chop, and it was The Alys Look who fended off her 4-5 favored stablemate to take the Road to the Kentucky...

Instant Coffee unleashed a bold turn of foot on the far turn of Saturday’s $194,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, rallying from last into contention turning for home, and the long-striding colt blew past leaders to win going away by a 2 1/2-length margin....

From the first crop of 2017 Belmont (G1) winner Tapwrit, Victory Formation is helping to put his young sire on the map. Here are 12 pedigree fun facts to know about Victory Formation: 1. Tapwrit is the third of his sire Tapit’s record-tying four Belmont...