Kentucky Derby News

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series closes Saturday with the $400,000 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland

The $1 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland on April 6 will yield multiple runners for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, and here are three takeaways

The last of eight major qualifiers in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 6 has played an important role in recent decades, and here are three takeaways

The Road to the Kentucky Derby made its final stop in New York for the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) on April 6, and here are three takeaways

“He’s been a star since he’s been born.” So trainer Chad Brown aptly summed up Sierra Leone in his postrace interview at Keeneland.

The penultimate weekend of Championship Series races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby did not disappoint.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby wraps up on Saturday with the running of the $400,000 Lexington S. (G3) at Keeneland.

With five Thoroughbred and three harness tracks, horse racing in the Bluegrass is an essential part of the state’s economic fabric, a driver for the employment of thousands and millions of dollars in taxes and income.

Rick and Sharon Waller’s homebred Stronghold outdueled even-money favorite Imagination in Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby (G1), garnering 100 more points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Sierra Leone confirmed himself as one of the favorites for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, utilizing a dynamic late kick to win Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland going away by 1 1/4 lengths