Kentucky Derby News

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has a thing for futurities. The four-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winning trainer has won Del Mar’s juvenile showcase 13 times, and on Saturday will attempt to win the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1), which began life...

A pair of points races on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks took place recently, one over Thanksgiving weekend and the other on Saturday, and the winners turned out be Mark Casse-trained stablemates. First up was the Golden Rod Stakes (G2), which took place...

Wonder Gadot made her debut in the fifth spot on the Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard Saturday thanks to a 3 3/4-length score in the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct. The Mark Casse-trained filly earned 10 points toward a starting berth in next year’s Kentucky...

Making his first dirt start, Catholic Boy established himself as a Kentucky Derby contender with a tour-de-force victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct. The Jonathan Thomas-trained son of More Than Ready rated just off the pace with...

Up to this point, the breeding of a Kentucky Derby champion has taken precedence. While complicated and time consuming, all the hard work is paid off the second a cute, fuzzy foal enters the world. Now comes a painful reality that all farms have to face:...

5 Fast Facts about the Remsen Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race The Remsen name is significant in the New York area thanks to the Remsen family, which formerly owned a large part of Long Island. Col. Joremus Rensen was the commander of the...

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Ruggero (JPN) If a Japanese horse is to win the 2018 Kentucky Derby, then it’s maybe appropriate if it has two past Kentucky Derby winners in its first three generations. Fitting that bill is Ruggero,...

Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Enticed The Kentucky Derby remains on the list of races that Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin wants to win, and the team will be hoping Enticed might be the one to do it in 2018. A Godolphin homebred, Enticed made...

Avery Island has left a positive impression in his last two outings, breaking the maiden by a 5 ¼-length margin and romping by 4 ¾ lengths in the November 5 Nashua (G2), and the promising youngster will make his first start in the Road to the Kentucky...

With just one month left in 2017, Saturday’s $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct is the penultimate chance for two-year-old fillies to pick up points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks before kicking off their sophomore campaigns. The final race,...