Kentucky Derby News

Japan’s UAE Derby winner Lani arrived at Churchill Downs at 2:55 p.m. ET on Sunday following a 5 ½-hour van ride from Chicago and was bedded down in Barn 17, which will be his home for the next five weeks as the 3-year-old prepares to compete...

Saturday’s Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) sported not only a $250,000 purse, but 100 points to the winner toward a starting berth in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The 1 1/16-mile race was the first in the Championship portion of the Road to the Kentucky...

Magdalena Racing and Chris Sterbenz’s Wonderment posted a gate-to-wire victory on Saturday in the $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park with jockey Cornelio Velasquez in the irons.
The gray daughter of Cosmonaut easily drew off in the stretch...

Although 14 fillies were entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park, only 12 will be allowed to start in the one-mile affair.
On the line is 50 points to the winner toward a starting berth in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1)...

Alcibiades (G1) winner Gomo and undefeated Off the Tracks are the top draws in Saturday’s $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) sending a field of seven 1 1/16 miles. The race is the first on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks offering up points on a 100-40-20-10...

Airoforce stamped himself as a Kentucky Derby (G1) contender when capturing the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs in late November, but the Mark Casse-trained colt disappointed when opening the year with a well-beaten 10th as the favorite in...

Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park is a final major prep in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, awarding points on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the top four finishers, and the 1 1/8-mile race features an unprecedented match-up...

Shadwell Stable’s Mohaymen (#14) and Reddam Racing LLC’s reigning 2-year-old champion Nyquist (#16) – a pair of unbeaten stars scheduled for a pre- Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) showdown in Saturday’s $1 million...

For the next seven days or so, Gun Runner sits atop the Kentucky Derby (G1) leader board after a scintillating 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday's $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2).
Settled in third by Florent Geroux as Candy My Boy...