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September 7, 2023
Cattleya
Races
Cattleya Stakes Race History
The Cattleya Stakes serves as the first scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, worth points to the top five finishers on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale. The allowance race for two-year-olds is held around the one-turn...
September 7, 2023
Kentucky Jockey Club (GII)
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Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Race History
One of three Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races held at Churchill Downs, the historic Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) offers promising juveniles an opportunity to gain racing experience over the Derby’s host...
September 7, 2023
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI)
Races
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Race History
For many years, racing fans and handicappers spoke of the “Juvenile Jinx.” So the thinking went, it was virtually impossible for any horse to win both the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and the Kentucky Derby...
September 7, 2023
Futurity Trophy
Races
Futurity Trophy Race History
The Futurity Trophy is a one-mile Group 1 race on the turf for two-year-old colts and fillies at Doncaster Racecourse in Doncaster, England. This stop on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby awards points toward a spot...
September 7, 2023
Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (GI)
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Breeders’ Futurity Race History
Held at Keeneland, just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Churchill Downs, the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) annually ranks as Kentucky’s most prestigious race for two-year-old colts and geldings.
For obvious reason,...
September 7, 2023
American Pharoah (GI)
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American Pharoah Stakes Race History
William Shakespeare once wrote “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The American Pharoah Stakes (G1) has gone by three different names since its inauguration in 1970, but no one has even mistaken the...
September 7, 2023
Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Group 1)
Races
Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Race History
The lone Kentucky Derby qualifier contested in France, the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) offers points on the European Road, on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale, to the top five finishers. The about seven-furlong turf...
September 7, 2023
Champagne
Races
Champagne Stakes Race History
Of the nine Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races open to juveniles, which has been the most successful at producing winners on the first Saturday in May? The answer is the Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, and it’s...
September 7, 2023
Montane Developments Beresford Stakes (Group 2)
Races
Montane Developments Beresford Stakes Race History
Run at one mile, the Montane Developments Beresford Stakes is a Group 2 turf stakes on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. Contested at the world famous Curragh Racecourse in County Kildare,...