Kentucky Derby News

Mystik Dan, winner of the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1), is one of three Derby alumni entered in Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (G2) at Churchill Downs.

The half-brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mage and 2024 Belmont (G1) winner Dornoch scored a new career high and entered calculations for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).

An excellent field consisting of 10 sophomores will face off in Saturday’s lucrative, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx.

Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Spice Runner picked up 10 points on the 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his score in the $299,400 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs on September 13.

An excellent field of 10 three-year-olds will race 1 1/8 miles at Parx Racing in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1).

Spice Runner rallied to edge Comport in Saturday's Iroquois (G3), the first of 36 qualifying races toward the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1), and Taken by the Wind picked up Kentucky Oaks (G1) points winning the Pocahontas (G3) at Churchill Downs

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Just as Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects develop through the fall and spring, so do young female Thoroughbreds with aspirations toward the Derby’s “sister race” for fillies, the Kentucky Oaks (G1).

A total of 10 two-year-olds will run one mile on the dirt at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. in Saturday’s $300,000 Iroquois S. (G3).

The 2025-26 Road to the Kentucky Derby gets underway on Saturday with the running of the $300,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs.