Kentucky Derby News

The 2026-27 Road to the Kentucky Derby kicks off on Saturday with the running of the $300,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, where the 2027 Kentucky Derby (G1) will take place roughly eight months from now.

The Iroquois is named after the first U.S.-bred winner of England’s famed Derby at Epsom in 1881.

A compact field of five two-year-old horses will speed seven panels on the dirt in Sunday’s $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1).

Experience proved overrated in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1), as Leading Change stepped up to win the prestigious three-year-old event at Saratoga in his third career start.

Hall of Famers Curlin and A.P. Indy never ran in the Travers (G1), but their influence looms large in the pedigrees of Saturday’s contenders at Saratoga.

Join us for LIVE Travers Stakes coverage as the division’s top contenders battle for glory at the Spa this Saturday starting at 3:00 PM ET.

A fantastic field of 10 three-year-old horses will travel 1 1/4 miles over the Saratoga dirt surface in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1).

To kick off our series celebrating Oaks winners as influential producers, we’ll commemorate the ancestress of reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty.

Two horses who combined to win the Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1), and Belmont (G1)—the three legs of the Triple Crown—will meet in a sensational renewal of the $1.25 million Travers (G1) on Saturday.

The leader of the three-year-old division after victories in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont (G1), Golden Tempo will bid to confirm his status in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga.