Kentucky Derby News

Juddmonte’s homebred filly Amusingly uncorked a last-to-first rally to beat the boys in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1), a scoring race on the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby.

On Saturday, contenders for the 2027 Kentucky Derby (G1) took center stage in a trio of early Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifiers across the country.

A pair of Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifiers at opposite ends of the country on Saturday yielded eye-catching winners.

In a battle of unbeatens in the $557,450 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland on Friday, Emphatic pulled off a minor surprise over odds-on favorite Summer Starlet.

A small and talented cast of six two-year-old horses will go a one-turn mile over the Belmont Park dirt surface in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne (G1).

Alcibiades, the 1930 Kentucky Oaks winner and Derby competitor, is commemorated with a Grade 1 race in her honor on the opening Friday of Keeneland’s fall meet.

The about seven-furlong turf contest serves as a scoring race on the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby and as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1).

On the latest episode of Inside the Kentucky Derby, hosts Kevin Kerstein and Darren Rogers preview a trio of important Road to the Kentucky Derby races: the American Pharoah Stakes, the Breeders’ Futurity and the Champagne Stakes.

Exciting prospects for next spring's Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) are in action this weekend, with six graded stakes for two-year-olds carrying major implications.

A small but strong field has assembled for Saturday’s $650,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier awarding 10-5-3-2-1 points to the top five finishers.