Kentucky Derby News

Feb 26, 2018

Eleven years ago, Stonestreet Stables made its Kentucky Derby (G1) debut with Curlin, a fine third at Churchill Downs on the way to compiling a Hall of Fame career. Fast forward to 2018, and now it’s a son of Curlin, champion Good Magic, who’s fueling the…

Feb 23, 2018

In 2009, Mine That Bird swept up the rail at Churchill Downs, closing from last to first, to win the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) by 6 3/4 lengths. He became one of the longest-priced winners of the famed Run for the Roses when sent off at 50-1.

Feb 23, 2018

My Boy Jack joined the Kentucky Derby picture with a flourish, closing fast to post a convincing win in the February 19 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park. A juvenile turf stakes winner exiting a non-threatening third in the January 6 Sham (G3) at Santa…

Feb 23, 2018

Bravazo notched his first stakes win in the February 17 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds and with the 50-point prize, the improving 3-year-old likely guaranteed himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby field. The 1 1/16-mile race kicked off the Championship Series…

Feb 22, 2018

Can you guess the top 5 jockeys in Kentucky Derby history, in receding order?

Feb 20, 2018

Provided he remains healthy and competitive, Bravazo (#1, 54 points) virtually assured himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting field by a few inches over Snapper Sinclair (#4, 22) in last Saturday's Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. The first…

Feb 20, 2018

Nominations Open at Noon For 144 Breast Cancer Survivors to Walk in 2018 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade presented by KrogerLOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, February 20, 2018) – Churchill Downs, Derby Divas and Norton Cancer Institute today announced that they will…

Feb 19, 2018

Much like Hawaakom did in the Razorback H. (G3) one race before, My Boy Jack burst threw an opening at the rail in the stretch en route to victory in the $500,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park on Monday. The 1 1/16-mile Southwest was the final Prep Season…

Feb 19, 2018

If his connections want it, Sumahama has a spot in the Kentucky Derby.

Feb 19, 2018

Bravazo spent much of his career slipping under the radar. But after the Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds, he became the first horse to book a place in the Kentucky Derby field.

Feb 18, 2018

Though technically there was only one Kentucky Oaks (G1) points race this weekend, two events will be mentioned in this roundup. First up, of course, is Monomoy Girl. The Tapizar filly ascended to the top of the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard with a romping…

Feb 18, 2018

After a horse has broken, or won, his maiden, the next stage is to try him against winners. Some runners will go through the different race classifications – maiden, allowance/optional claimer, stakes, graded stakes – in order.

Feb 18, 2018

Sumahama extended his winning streak to three in Sunday’s Hyacinth S. at Tokyo, earning 30 points in the final scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. Thereby topping the Japan Road leaderboard, the son of Japanese champion Neo Universe (himself a son of Sunday Silence) has earned an invitation to compete in the May 5 Run for the Roses.

Feb 17, 2018

A great name in Kentucky Derby (G1) history, Calumet Farm, likely secured an opportunity to win a ninth Run for the Roses in May as its homebred colt Bravazo pulled off a 21-1 upset of the $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds on Saturday. The…

Feb 17, 2018

Monomoy Girl was sent off the 4-5 favorite in Saturday’s $196,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds, and pulled off a 2 1/2-length victory despite returning off a three-month break and hitting the gate at the start. Regular rider Florent Geroux…

Feb 17, 2018

Ciaglia Racing and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Paved made history on Saturday by becoming the first filly ever to win Northern California’s Kentucky Derby (G1) scoring race, the $100,900 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate Fields. Although Paved…

Feb 16, 2018

There is one “sure thing” on this year’s Road to the Kentucky Derby: compelling drama will be abundant. Over the next nine weekends, 3-year-old Thoroughbreds will continue their quest for points in select races to secure a berth in the starting gate…

Feb 16, 2018

Eleven sophomores were entered to go 1 1/16 miles on Presidents’ Day Monday at Oaklawn Park in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3). The contest is the final event in the prep season portion of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series of points races. It is…

Feb 16, 2018

Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points will be on the line in Saturday's $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, but only two of the nine entered in the 1 1/8-mile test on the Tapeta are currently Triple Crown nominated. One is Choo Choo,…

Feb 16, 2018

Inaugurated in 1973, the race was first known as the Louisiana Derby Trial. Its last running under that name was 1988, when it was won by Louisiana’s own Risen Star, en route to winning the Louisiana Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, the latter by 14 ¾ lengths in the fourth-fastest time in the race’s history. The Louisiana Derby Trial became the Risen Star Stakes in 1989.

Feb 15, 2018

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby comes down to the Hyacinth S. at Tokyo Sunday (late Saturday night U.S. time, 12:25 a.m. EST). The third and concluding leg of the Japan Road, the Hyacinth will decide the series winner – and the invitation to Derby 144…

Feb 14, 2018

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks enters the Championship phase on Saturday as a field of eight sophomore fillies lines up in the $200,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds. The earlier Prep Season portion of the series featured races worth 10-4-2-1…

Feb 13, 2018

Instilled Regard will be the one to beat as point values increase for Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. As the first of 16 races in the Championship Series of the Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying process, the 1 1/16-mile Risen Star…

Feb 13, 2018

Last Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs was the only Kentucky Derby prep of the weekend and it produced an upset winner in Flameaway, who thus far has not been nominated to the Triple Crown. While he’ll presumably be made eligible at a future supplementary…

Feb 13, 2018

Flameaway fought back after being headed in the stretch and joined the Kentucky Derby discussion with a game half-length victory in February 10 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The Mark Casse-trained colt knocked off well-respected Remsen (G2) winner…

Feb 12, 2018

Canadian-bred colt Flameaway wasn’t in the Kentucky Derby conversation prior to the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 10 – at least in part because he hadn’t been nominated for the Triple Crown races.

Feb 11, 2018

With the Kentucky Derby 12 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 5-2 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) while Champion 2-Year-Old Male and Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) winner Good…

Feb 11, 2018

A number of fillies have made their debuts on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard over the past couple of weeks. Here’s a rundown of the four Road to the Kentucky Oaks points contests that have taken place. First up is the seven-furlong Forward Gal Stakes (G3)…

Feb 10, 2018

Front-running Flameaway repelled a challenge from odds-on Catholic Boy through the long stretch to prevail by a half-length in Saturday's $200,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series points race. Under Jose Lezcano,…

Feb 10, 2018

Grade 3 winner Daisy was favored at even-money in Saturday’s $100,000 Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, but the Blame filly was unable to catch 7-1 shot C. S. Incharge on the wire of the mile-and-40-yard event, which is part of the Road to the Kentucky…

Feb 10, 2018

Red Ruby entered the Kentucky Oaks (G1) picture Saturday, wearing down long-time leader Sassy Sienna in the short stretch and posting a 2 1/2-length victory in the $122,500 Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park. Owned by Sandra Sexton and Brandi Nicholson,…

Feb 9, 2018

Whatever the answer, horses are much like people. What works for one may not for another. However, just as a human student needs to learn the basics, an equine student does as well.

Feb 9, 2018

Wagering on Montauk (#15), an 11 ¼-length debut winner at Belmont Park in October, has been suspended for the second of four pools of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens its three-day run on Friday at noon (all times Eastern).            Montauk,…

Feb 9, 2018

Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opened at noon (EST) on Friday, and you can choose to back any of 23 individual betting interests, plus an additional catch-all option of “all other three-year-olds,” until closing time 6 p.m. (EST) Sunday evening. My…

Feb 8, 2018

Fans Encouraged to Sign Up Online to Receive Access to Pre-Sale EventLOUISVILLE (February 8, 2018) – Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, announced today that tickets for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships,…

Feb 7, 2018

Flattered last week by Avery Island's win in the Withers (G3), Catholic Boy will seek to climb farther up the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard himself Saturday in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 1 1/16-mile prep for the Tampa Bay…

Feb 7, 2018

Cosmic Burst puts her three-race win streak on the line Saturday as part of a six-filly field entered to go a mile in the $125,000 Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Feb 7, 2018

Tampa Bay Downs’ $150,000 Suncoast Stakes joined the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races this year, and Saturday’s contest attracted a field of eight to compete for a total of 17 points.

Feb 7, 2018

Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Racing has won many major races around the world, but the Kentucky Derby has eluded them. This year, they will be hoping Avery Island can break the drought for them.

Feb 6, 2018

Fast rising stars McKinzie (#13), Audible (#1) and Mask (#12) join reigning 2-year-old champion Good Magic (#10) and the accomplished Bolt d’Oro (#3) atop the roster of individual betting interests in this week’s second pool of Churchill Downs’ 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”), but the ever-popular Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others”, remains the likely wagering favorite for the pool that kicks of its three-day run on Friday, Feb. 9.

Feb 6, 2018

Audible was no longshot in the February 3 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, leaving the starting gate as the 3-1 third choice among nine runners, but nobody saw this performance coming. Stepping up to make his first stakes appearance against a well-respected…

Feb 6, 2018

Based in South Florida, Avery Island shipped north to open his 3-year-old season with a two-length victory in the February 3 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. His last two starts – a Nashua (G3) win and Remsen (G2) second – came over the same grounds and Avery Island has…

Feb 6, 2018

Flavien Prat didn’t know if Lombo would last the 1 1/16-mile distance of the February 3 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita but felt confident the speedy colt would be in front. “I worked him last week and he’s got a lot of speed, was concerned he might…

Feb 6, 2018

When Lombo went to the gate for the 1 1/16-mile Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3), he was seen mainly as a sprinter following three starts at 6 ½ furlongs or yet.

Feb 6, 2018

Prep race winners Avery Island, Audible, and Lombo all made noticeable gains on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard this past weekend, while Firenze Fire missed out on the chance to temporarily move into first place. Avery Island (#7, 14 points), in…

Feb 6, 2018

The winner of the first scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Ruggero, has kept his possible dreams of Churchill Downs alive as one of three Japanese-based nominees to the 2018 Triple Crown. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of his…

Feb 5, 2018

Audible was sent out second favorite on his debut, in a 6 ½ furlong maiden at Belmont Park Sept. 27. He ran a nice race, rallying from second-last to finish third. He then started favorite in a maiden at Aqueduct Nov. 15, where he came from the second half of the field to win by a length and a quarter.

Feb 4, 2018

Of the 360 three-year-olds nominated to the 2018 Triple Crown, 13 are based in Europe. Although no European shipper has managed to win the Kentucky Derby (G1), Great Britain’s Bold Arrangement was runner-up in 1986, and the Continent can threaten again with…

Feb 4, 2018

Phoenix Thoroughbred III’s Dream Tree continued her journey to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with an effortless win in Saturday’s $200,345 Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. The Uncle Mo filly stalked the early pace set by Thirteen Squared, easily…

Feb 4, 2018

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Feb 3, 2018

Lombo made his first Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier appearance a winning one in Saturday’s $151,380 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita, posting a comfortable wire-to-wire score. Flavien Prat was up for trainer Michael Pender. A 3 ½-length…

Feb 3, 2018

Audible was heard loud and clear in Saturday's $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, turning back a stretch challenge from Free Drop Billy and coasting home an easy winner under Javier Castellano. Owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, and SF…

Feb 3, 2018

Take Charge Paula joined the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard on Saturday with an easy victory in the $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The dark bay daughter of Take Charge Indy pressed the early pace set by Heavenhasmynikki through the opening…

Feb 3, 2018

Avery Island tracked a longshot pacesetter to the far turn, seized command, and safely held off two pursuers through the stretch to take Saturday's $245,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. A homebred racing for Godolphin, Avery Island scored by two lengths…

Feb 2, 2018

Read about how horses learn to listen to their riders, experience tack for the first time and are allowed to acclimate.

Feb 2, 2018

Grade 1 heroine Dream Tree is the one to beat in Sunday’s $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park as she puts her perfect three-for-three mark on the line. The Bob Baffert filly is part of a six-strong field entered in the one-mile affair,…

Feb 1, 2018

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby is about to awaken from its winter hibernation, with the next scoring races just a month away. It’s also about to get much more informative. That’s partly because the races are worth more points as we draw nearer…

Feb 1, 2018

After a couple of weekends without a qualifier, the Road to the Kentucky Derby series gets back in full swing Saturday with a trio of points’ races: Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita and Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. Here…

Feb 1, 2018

Multiple stakes winner Take Charge Paula highlights a field of eight entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The seven-furlong contest is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races. It’s worth 10-4-2-1…

Feb 1, 2018

Until renamed in Bob Lewis’ honor, the race was known as the Santa Catalina Stakes. Founded in 1935, it was until 1964 a race for 3-year-olds and up; its winners include champion turf horse T.V. Lark, Kelso’s sire Your Host, and the high-class Californian handicap horse Terrang, a dual winner.

Feb 1, 2018

Good Magic, eFive Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables LLC’s champion 2-year-old Thoroughbred of 2017 and winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I), heads an international roster of 360 3-year-old Thoroughbreds made eligible during the early…

Jan 31, 2018

Nine sophomores will line up for their share of 17 total points offered up by the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, but not one entered in the Road to the Kentucky Derby points contest own a stakes win yet. The 1 1/16-mile…

Jan 31, 2018

The 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull is one of three Kentucky Derby (G1) points races on Saturday along with the Withers (G3) at Aqueduct and the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. Derby qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 for the top four finishers in all three are…

Jan 31, 2018

Firenze Fire showed plenty of grit recording a trio of graded stakes victories, including the January 13 Jerome in his 2018 opener, and heart has never been the issue for Jason Servis-trained colt. His ability to thrive at longer distances is the question…

Jan 30, 2018

5 Fast Facts about the Holy Bull Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race1. The Holy Bull is named for the 1994 Horse of the Year and 2001 Hall of Fame inductee who won 13 of 16 career starts, including the Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.…

Jan 30, 2018

After a couple quiet weeks, the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard will see some changes throughout the afternoon of February 3 when the Withers (G3), Holy Bull (G2), and Robert B. Lewis (G3) offer qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 to their respective top four…

Jan 27, 2018

Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner closed out his future Hall of Fame career on Saturday with an easy win in the $16.3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park. Just two days after being crowned the 2017 Horse of the…

Jan 27, 2018

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks is well underway in the New Year, so it’s time to catch up with what the girls have been doing.

Jan 27, 2018

Alums of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) were well represented at Thursday night’s Eclipse Awards, led by the newly minted Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male, Gun Runner. Among the leaders of the 2016 three-year-old division,…

Jan 26, 2018

The different types of horse sales was the topic of conversation last week as the last installment of our Kentucky Derby 101 series, but that only grazed the surface of auctions.

Jan 25, 2018

The higher the BRIS Speed rating the better. And when it comes to the Kentucky Derby, the winner always receives at least a triple-digit number (100 or more). But the Kentucky Derby isn’t held until the first Saturday in May and it’s fair to ask: how…

Jan 25, 2018

Midnight Disguise drew off in the stretch of Thursday’s $100,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct to earn her first stakes victory and 10 points toward a starting berth in the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (G1).

Jan 22, 2018

Instilled Regard hadn't been wanted at the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale, with the final bid of $110,000 not enough to meet his reserve.

Jan 21, 2018

Popular champion California Chrome, who earned legions of fans during his Triple Crown bid in 2014, has sired his first foal – a colt born Saturday night at historic Calumet Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. The foal’s dam is millionaire Pay the Man, a star…

Jan 21, 2018

The $100,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct on Thursday drew a field of six fillies to battle it out for their share of 17 total points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The 1 1/16-mile race will award 10-4-2-1 points to the respective top four finishers…

Jan 21, 2018

At this point on the road to the Kentucky Derby, there are a number of paths he can take, but one of the most common is the auction house.

Jan 18, 2018

The Kentucky Derby is always full of great horses, so when it’s won by a huge margin, people invariably think the winner must be a great horse.

Jan 18, 2018

Nominations of talented and promising 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to compete in the races of the 2018 Triple Crown – the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the $1.5 million Preakness (GI) and the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI)…

Jan 17, 2018

Jerry Hollendorfer mentioned other reasons like a favorable track surface and the race’s placement on the calendar, but the fact remains Instilled Regard was able to avoid heavy hitters like Bolt d’Oro, McKinzie and Solomini by shipping to Fair Grounds for…

Jan 17, 2018

The January 15 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park played out as many expected, with 3-5 favorite Mourinho accelerating clear from the gate and easily leading wire-to-wire. Combatant didn’t receive the right set-up but deserves credit for a respectable runner-up…

Jan 17, 2018

Firenze Fire displayed enormous heart gutting out narrow wins in the Champagne (G1) and Sanford (G3) last season and the fire continued to burn bright in the January 13 Jerome at Aqueduct as he gamely wore down pacesetter Seven Trumpets to prevail in the…

Jan 16, 2018

The final Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep races for the month of January were contested over the three-day holiday weekend, so the leaderboard will remain stable until February 3, minus any defections in the interim.The most significant mover…

Jan 15, 2018

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Bob Baffert wins a Kentucky Derby prep race at Oaklawn Park. Actually don’t stop us because it happened, and we want to tell you about it. The Racing Hall of Fame trainer who used Oaklawn to prep eventual…

Jan 13, 2018

Instilled Regard continued his ascent up the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard with a 3 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) on Saturday at Fair Grounds.

Jan 13, 2018

Odds-on favorite Firenze Fire needed almost the length of the stretch to wear down front-running Seven Trumpets in Saturday's $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct, the second point-scoring opportunity of 2018 in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.

Jan 13, 2018

Fern Circle Stables’ Stronger Than Ever was sent off at 33-1 in Fair Grounds’ $148,500 Silverbulletday but dug in to defeat even-money favorite Wonder Gadot when securing a neck victory over that rival on Saturday.

Jan 12, 2018

Trainer Bob Baffert has successfully utilized Oaklawn Park’s series of three-year-old stakes leading up to the Kentucky Derby in the past, including with Triple Crown hero American Pharoah, and on Monday ships Mourinho to Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the $150,000…

Jan 11, 2018

Though 15 sophomores were originally entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds, a field of 13 appears to be on course to start in the mile-and-70-yard affair that is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series of points races.

Jan 11, 2018

Founded in 1970, the race is named after one of the most notable horses in early Fair Grounds history.

Jan 10, 2018

Scheduled as the New Year’s Day feature at Aqueduct, and the first race of 2018 to offer points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the $150,000 Jerome Stakes was postponed after a winter storm hit the Jamaica, New York, area.

Jan 10, 2018

A field of 12 sophomore fillies has been entered to go a mile and 70 yards at Fair Grounds on Saturday in the $150,000 Silverbulletday Stakes, and Wonder Gadot will be looking for her second straight stakes score in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks points contest.

Jan 9, 2018

American Pharoah used a pair of Oaklawn Park preps to set up his 2015 Triple Crown run and a myriad of top trainers, including Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher and Steve Asmussen, will prepare their Kentucky Derby contenders over the Hot Springs, Arkansas oval.

Jan 8, 2018

McKinzie, trained by four-time Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning horseman Bob Baffert, was the first prospect to improve his position on the Road to the Kentucky Derby point leaderboard this year when taking the Sham (G3) at Santa Anita on January 6. With the…

Jan 7, 2018

Allen Racing LLC and Bloom Racing Stable LLC’s Midnight Bisou recorded a 4 1/2-length victory in Sunday’s $201,035 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park to both break her maiden and debut on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard.

Jan 6, 2018

A more relaxed and less keen McKinzie was on display in Saturday's $100,345 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita, and the 1-5 favorite did not disappoint his numerous backers in the one-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) prep. A tracking fourth under Mike Smith, McKinzie…

Jan 5, 2018

While the Eclipse Awards for two-year-olds prompt us to look ahead to the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), several horses up for championships in other age groups make us look back to past runnings of the Churchill Downs classics.

Jan 5, 2018

The 2018 portion of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks begins Sunday at Santa Anita Park with the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2), awarding 10-4-2-1 points to the top four finishers of the seven-furlong feature. Nine newly turned sophomore fillies have been…

Jan 5, 2018

The finalists for the Eclipse Awards, U.S. racing’s year-end honors, were announced Friday, and there were no surprises among the candidates for champion two-year-old male and female of 2017. The winners will be revealed at a Gulfstream Park gala on the…

Jan 4, 2018

First held in 2001, the race is named after Sham, the horse best known for running second to Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but a fine horse in his own right.

Jan 4, 2018

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who is tied for second all-time with four Kentucky Derby victories, will send out top contenders McKinzie and Mourinho in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. Worth a total of 17 points (10-4-2-1 scale)…