Kentucky Derby News

Gun Runner’s current contender, Further Ado, sports a pedigree pattern very similar to 2024 Kentucky Derby near-misser Sierra Leone.

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“Meaning as a foal was as straightforward as they come, low maintenance and smart. The best ones always are."

“His momentum just stopped. I know it’s easy to say it, but I’ve got to believe he would have won. He wasn’t getting tired. He never took a deep breath,” said jockey Jerry Bailey in the moments after the 1991 Travers (G1).

A balance of speed and stamina in pedigrees is an important component for a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner.

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A well-matched field of eight fillies and mares will jaunt six panels on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s opening day feature, the $200,000 Roxelana S.

A three-year-old female Thoroughbred wins the Kentucky Oaks (G1) every year, while three have pulled off victories in the Kentucky Derby (G1). But in terms of female trainers, only one has managed to win either the Oaks or Derby in the collective 302...

There was a time when it was believed a horse couldn’t win the Kentucky Derby (G1) without having raced as a two-year-old.