Kentucky Derby News

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,...

The final 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby preps to be held domestically before next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) will be run Saturday at Keeneland and Santa Anita. Keeneland hosts the $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1), while Santa Anita is...

Churchill Downs stakes winners Fun and Feisty and Wonder Wheel are top contenders in Friday’s $500,000 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland. A Road to the Kentucky Oaks qualifier awarding points on a 10-4-3-2-1 basis to the top five finishers, the 1 1/16-mile...

Repole Stable’s Chocolate Gelato made a splash on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks in Sunday’s $400,000 Frizette (G1) at Aqueduct. The 1.65-1 favorite off a towering maiden win at Saratoga, the Todd Pletcher filly professionally handled her first stakes...

Nurlan Bizakov’s homebred Belbek sprang an 18-1 surprise in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1), the opener on a banner Arc Day at ParisLongchamp. The longest shot on the board after being beaten in his past two stakes appearances, the Andre Fabre...