Kentucky Derby News

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...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby culminated in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama, where the filly Delicada defeated males to remain perfect in three starts. Her victory was worth 40 points, enough to top the Japan leaderboard, but none of the Fukuryu...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series will ramp up over the next three weekends as eight major qualifiers will be offered. All offer the maximum of 170 points to the top four finishers (100-40-20-10), and the final round of prep races will...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby culminates in Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama, worth points on a 40-16-8-4 basis to the top four finishers. No previous points scorers are in the eight-horse field, so the winner will vault to the top of the leaderboard....

An excellent field of nine sophomores will travel 1 3/16 miles over the Fair Grounds main surface in Saturday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2). The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying...

The $500,000 Sunland Park Derby (G3) will be staged for the first time since 2019 on Sunday, and Slow Down Andy figures to be a solid favorite in the 1 1/8-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep. The Sunland Park Derby was not held in either 2020...

The $1 million UAE Derby (G2) on Saturday’s Dubai World Cup (G1) card has lured a full field of 16 representing countries from all over the map, from the United States and Uruguay to Russia and Japan, along with Emirati-based sophomores. Six entrants...

Epicenter was born and raised in the Bluegrass State, but not anywhere near the epicenter of Kentucky’s Thoroughbred breeding industry. The Kentucky Derby (G1) contender hails from a family farm in Bowling Green, much nearer to Nashville than to Lexington....

Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) is the first U.S. Road to the Kentucky Derby race offering points on the 100-40-20-10 scale. The rematch is on between Epicenter and Call Me Midnight, and Florida shippers Rattle N Roll and Galt...