Kentucky Derby News

Saturday’s $600,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park features a gate load of classic hopefuls. But for potential race favorite Tiz the Bomb, the Kentucky Derby (G1) is not the classic he might ultimately end up in. Win or lose on Saturday, the...

A major qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) awarded points on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the top four finishers, and it produced a top contender for this year’s Run for the Roses on May...

Fountain of Youth (G2) winner Simplification will look to bolster his Kentucky Derby credentials when he lines up for Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park. The 5-2 morning line favorite tops a deep 11-horse field that includes...

Foodies can enter to win a taste of the Kentucky Derby® delivered to their doorstep in new sweepstakes Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced the official menu of the 148th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. Additionally, for the first...

Thursday’s Cardinal Conditions S. at Chelmsford, just northeast of London, brings the curtain down on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. No European Road points scorers so far were nominated to the Triple Crown, and neither were the six entrants...

Sunday’s Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks races at Sunland Park produced thrilling finishes. Favorite Slow Down Andy put himself back into the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture by surviving a pace war in the $500,000 Sunland Park Derby (G3), while the...

Saturday’s $600,000 Fantasy S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park would have been ripe for the taking by Secret Oath. But with that filly entered instead in the Arkansas Derby (G1) later in the card, the Fantasy not only attracted a few additional faces, but likely...

Displaying a versatility that will come in handy in the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1), Epicenter rallied from slightly off the pace to register a convincing victory in Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. Known more...

Japanese-based Triple Crown nominee Crown Pride could be bound for Churchill Downs after punching his Kentucky Derby (G1) ticket in Saturday’s $1 million UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan. Sent off as a 16-1 shot, Teruya Yoshida’s homebred drove from just...

Making her first start since early November, leading Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender Echo Zulo gamely remained unbeaten in Saturday’s $400,000 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2), turning back the bid of Hidden Connection to prevail by a nose. Joel Rosario...