Kentucky Derby News

With the Kentucky Oaks Championship series of races underway, now would be a good time to go back and review the Prep Season contests that have led up to this point.
There were a total of 16 races during the Prep Season offering points on the Road to...

Mo d’Amour jumped from nowhere to the number three spot on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard on Saturday when taking the $125,000 Busher S. at Aqueduct by two lengths.
The Busher is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races...

Shadwell Stables’ Mohaymen continues to impress as the top-ranked Kentucky Derby (G1) contender on the East Coast, rolling to a 2 ¼-length decision over Zulu in Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
With the...

Last week, a planned workout for Mor Spirit went awry when he just wasn’t focused or into it. Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens eased him, out of an abundance of caution, to make sure that he was all right.
Mor Spirit was in fact physically fine –...

Cathryn Sophia moved her record to a perfect four-for-four when romping by seven lengths in Saturday’s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Ridden by Javier Castellano for trainer John Servis, the bay filly was looking for her second straight...

The $125,000 Busher S. on Saturday at Aqueduct doesn’t hold any graded status but it does offer up a total of 85 points toward a starting berth in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
That was enough to attract a field of seven sophomore fillies for the 1 1/16-mile...

Cathryn Sophia was the easiest of winners while making her sophomore debut in the Forward Gal S. (G2) on January 30 at Gulfstream Park, and on Saturday will attempt to move her record to a perfect four-for-four in the $200,000 Davona Dale S. (G2) back...

Undefeated Mohaymen, the 6-5 favorite on the morning line for Saturday’s Fountain of Youth (G2), has exuded class from his earliest baby days.
A well-bred son of Tapit out of multiple Grade 2 heroine Justwhistledixie, Mohaymen was a late foal born...

Crunch time is upon us as we enter the Championship portion of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.
The Prep Season began in September and ran through Feb. 15, with 19 races offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers.
The top 20...

Venus Valentine wasn’t given much shot as the 74-1 longest shot on the board in Saturday’s $200,000 TwinSpires.com Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds, but prevailed by a length on the wire with jockey Corey Lanerie aboard.
She finished...