Kentucky Derby News

Unraced since a second in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs last fall, Classic Causeway opened his three-year-old campaign with an eye-catching victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The Road to the Kentucky...

Just when 3-5 favorite Mackinnon looked like overcoming a troubled start, along came Blackadder to collar him late in Saturday’s $102,700 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. Both Southern California shippers were sporting the silks of Madaket...

Multiple stakes winner Mackinnon heads an 11-horse field in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. Contested over 1 1/8 miles on a Tapeta track, the El Camino Real Derby is worth a combined 17 points to the top four finishers...

An overflow field of 13 sophomores will vie in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1 structure toward the...

Runner-up to unbeaten Smile Happy in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), Classic Causeway will open his three-year-old season in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The Road to the Derby series qualifier awards 17 points to the top...

The third of five pools for the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”) is set for its three-day stand Friday at noon with the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” tabbed as the clear 5-2 morning line favorite while Lucky Seven Stable’s...

C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable’s White Abarrio picked up 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series after posting a 4 1/2-length tally in the $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 5. The three-year-old Saffie Joseph...

Klaravich Stables’ Early Voting earned 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series following his commanding 4 1/2-length romp in the $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct on Feb. 5. The Chad Brown trainee led in gate-to-wire fashion in completing...

Odds-on favorites ran away with both features at Santa Anita on Sunday by a combined margin of 28 lengths. The 3-5 Messier was much the best in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3), and the 2-5 Adare Manor was likewise a league apart in the $196,000 Las...

A total of 312 3-year-old Thoroughbreds were made eligible to compete in this year’s Triple Crown series when the early nomination phase closed Jan. 29. Each of the horses from the 2019 foal crop was nominated through a $600 payment to compete in any...