Kentucky Derby News
November 20, 2015
Turf runners, sprinters make up light edition of Delta Downs Princess
Saturday’s $400,000 Delta Downs Princess S. (G3) will offer points — 10-4-2-1 — toward a starting berth in next year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, but the one-mile affair has come up pretty light with only seven...
November 19, 2015
Exaggerator tops $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot field
The Road to the 2016 Kentucky Derby makes a stop at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana this Saturday as 2-year-olds will square off in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3). The 1 1/16-mile race will award points toward a Kentucky Derby berth on...
November 16, 2015
An early look at Kentucky Derby Future Odds
Wynn Las Vegas released the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future Odds on November 9 and it’s no surprise to see Nyquist, the unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and presumptive 2-year-old male champion, listed as the early favorite. However,...
November 7, 2015
Songbird a potential wildcard for 2016 Kentucky Derby
As the 2015 racing season winds down, the most exciting two-year-old in the country is arguably the filly Songbird, who was faster than Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Nyquist not only in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) but also...
November 6, 2015
Kentucky Derby becomes goal for Breeders’ Cup Juvenile contestants
With his victory in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Nyquist assured himself the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old male and jumped to the top of the leaderboard in the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The first Saturday in May represents...
November 4, 2015
Nyquist wins Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, establishes himself as early Kentucky Derby favorite
Nyquist overcame an extreme outside post position, and a wide trip on both turns, to prove best in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland. The son of freshman sire Uncle Mo locked up the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old with the...
November 4, 2015
November 4 Last Day to Register for Online Pre-sale of 2016 Kentucky Derby, Oaks Tickets
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (November 2, 2015) – Wednesday, Nov. 4 is the last day for the public to register online for Churchill Downs Racetrack’s November 10 online pre-sale of approximately 10,000 reserved seats to the 2016 Kentucky Derby Presented...
November 2, 2015
Songbird hits winning note in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies; early favorite for Kentucky Oaks
Fox Hill Farms Inc.’s Songbird (Medaglia d’Oro) entered Saturday’s $1.84 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) owning a perfect three-for-three mark and was made the 3-5 favorite under jockey Mike Smith.
The dark bay lass...
October 28, 2015
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies field offers glimpse into Kentucky Oaks future
This year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) features 10 runners going 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. In six months’ time, some of those fillies could show back up in Kentucky, but this time under the Twin Spires...
October 27, 2015
Kentucky Oaks winners/runners are well represented in Breeders’ Cup Distaff
UPDATE: As of October 29, 2015, Beholder scratched from the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
As discussed in a previous article, there is a long and friendly history between horses coming out of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and going...
