Kentucky Derby News

The 1957 Kentucky Derby might be best known for Bill Shoemaker’s misjudging the finish line at Churchill Downs: his hesitation with a sixteenth of a mile to go gave Bill Hartack on Iron Liege the chance to make up enough ground to beat Shoemaker and...

If you’d been watching juvenile racing this weekend last year, you would have seen the winner of both the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.

Many of the most prominent horses on the 2025-26 Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard are facing off in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar.

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) will have a strong favorite, while the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) will have less of one when the marquee races in their respective divisions are run Friday at Del Mar.

Pin Oak Stud’s Incredibolt rallied from last to surge past 7-5 favorite Universe in deep stretch and win Sunday’s 13th running of the $200,000 Street Sense (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.

The Coolmore partners’ Hawk Mountain ascended to the top of the Euro/Mideast Road leaderboard by capturing Saturday’s Futurity Trophy (G1) at Doncaster.

Before Rachel brought down the house and Anna nearly took home the Man o’ War Cup, one filly crafted a crown of lilies and carnations—Rags to Riches. In a career that was the opposite of her name, this daughter of A.P. Indy took a distaff classic...

A field of seven three-year-old colts will run 1 1/16 miles over the famed Churchill Downs dirt surface in Sunday’s $200,000 Street Sense S. (G3).

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025) – Four G Racing, Gregg Day and Steven Crain’s Grade I-placed colt Universe will continue his Road to the Kentucky Derby when he faces six promising juveniles entered in Sunday’s 13th running of the $200,000...

The next stop on the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby is Saturday’s Futurity Trophy (G1) at Doncaster in Great Britain.