Kentucky Derby News

Spice Runner rallied to edge Comport in Saturday's Iroquois (G3), the first of 36 qualifying races toward the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1), and Taken by the Wind picked up Kentucky Oaks (G1) points winning the Pocahontas (G3) at Churchill Downs

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Just as Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects develop through the fall and spring, so do young female Thoroughbreds with aspirations toward the Derby’s “sister race” for fillies, the Kentucky Oaks (G1).

A total of 10 two-year-olds will run one mile on the dirt at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. in Saturday’s $300,000 Iroquois S. (G3).

The 2025-26 Road to the Kentucky Derby gets underway on Saturday with the running of the $300,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs.

As the calendar turns to fall, two-year-old Thoroughbreds with dreams of making next year’s $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) will begin to take their first steps on the trail.

The Road to Kentucky Derby 152 will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs where Joseph Sutton’s Ellis Park Juvenile winner Comport headlines a field of 10 in the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III).

Respect the Valley’s undefeated 2-year-old filly Dazzling Dame will look to begin her Road to the Kentucky Oaks in Saturday's Pocahontas (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.

View full schedule and press release here: Road to the Kentucky Derby Schedule
 
The official Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will begin Saturday, Sept. 13 at the home of America’s greatest race as Churchill Downs stages...

Eight colts and one gelding will travel 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) over the turf course at Colonial Downs in Saturday’s $500,000 Old Dominion Derby (G3).