Kentucky Derby News

Saturday’s trio of Kentucky Derby (G1) points races begins with the $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct. Eight aspiring sophomores have entered the one-mile affair set for 3:50 p.m. (ET). Like the ensuing scoring events on New Year’s Day – the Smarty...

A full field of 14 newly turned three-year-olds will travel one mile in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park. The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby series event will reward the top four finishers with qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1 structure....

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series makes the first of four stops at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, as a field of 14 will compete for 17 points (10-4-2-1 scale) in the $250,000 Smarty Jones S. Contested over a two-turn mile, the Smarty Jones will mark the...

A multiple stakes winner on turf, and a fast-closing third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), Mackinnon will move to the main track for Saturday’s $100,000 Sham S. (G3) at Santa Anita. Five runners are set for the two-turn mile test, a Road...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter picked up 10 points on the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 6 1/2-length romp in the $98,000 Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds on December 26. The winner clocked 1 1/16 miles on the fast dirt...

Sunday’s inaugural running of the $98,000 Gun Runner S. was going to be a memorable occasion for connections of the race’s namesake, the 2017 Horse of the Year who is now a record-breaking freshman sire. But the result turned out to be especially...

Rocket Dawg winning his debut at Churchill Downs (Coady Photography) The Road to the Kentucky Derby just got a little bit longer. Sunday’s inaugural running of the $100,000 Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds serves as a new steppingstone to the “Run for...

A total of seven two-year-olds will go postward in Sunday’s $100,000 Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16-mile contest acts as a 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series race, with the top four finishers earning points towards the Run for...

Red Oak Stable’s Make It Big passed his first two-turn test in Friday night’s $401,200 Springboard Mile at Remington Park, earning 10 points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1). The 13-10 favorite after capturing both prior starts at his Gulfstream Park...

A tremendous 13-race card at Fair Grounds awaits fans on Dec. 26, with the stakes action highlighted by new additions to the 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks series. For Derby aspirants, the $100,000 Gun Runner S. at 1 1/16 miles kicks...