Kentucky Derby News

Foaled just steps away from where 2006 Kentucky Derby (G1) star Barbaro was born, Smile Happy hopes to add to the legacy of his Nicholasville, Kentucky, birthplace on the first Saturday in May. Smile Happy was bred in partnership by Xavier Moreau’s...

Derby fans will be on the edge of their seats Saturday afternoon as a trio of Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series events will give a more clear picture of the field for “America’s Greatest Race.” Saturday’s Championship Series action...

Lady Scarlet will bring improving form to Sunday’s $400,000 Beaumont (G3) at Keeneland, rolling to a 4 3/4-length win in the March 19 Cicada S. at Aqueduct, and she’ll step up to the graded level against six sophomore filly rivals. Contested over...

A full field of 12 three-year-olds will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Keeneland dirt surface in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass S. (G1). The headliner on a huge opening weekend of action at the Lexington, Kentucky venue is a qualifying event on the 2022...

Experience Kentucky Derby Day with Limited Edition Capsule Collection, At-Home Recipes from Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark, Virtual Cooking Event, and More The historic Churchill Downs Racetrack and Woodford Reserve® announced today a partnership with specialty...

The $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, a major Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier awarding 170 points toward a berth in the first leg of the Triple Crown, is expected to produce at least three Kentucky Derby starters. Two new Kentucky...

A major qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park shifted location on the calendar this year, moving from three to five weeks out from the first Saturday in May. The top two finishers from...

A rallying second in the Feb. 19 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds, Smile Happy will attempt to get back into the win column in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G2) at Keeneland. The major qualifier in the Kentucky Derby series awards points on a 100-40-20-10...

Trainer Todd Pletcher has won the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) six times since 2010, and last year saddled Bourbonic and Dynamic One for a 453-1 exacta in the nine-furlong Kentucky Derby (G1) prep. The Hall of Famer doesn’t have longshots of that magnitude...

The debate over who is the West Coast’s top prospect for the Kentucky Derby (G1) will be decided Saturday in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) over 1 1/8 miles. The Santa Anita Derby will mark the second meeting between Messier and Forbidden Kingdom....