Kentucky Derby News

Discreetness, a 9-1 shot ridden by Jon Court for his father-in-law, trainer “Jinks” Fires, posted a minor upset in Monday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn. Victory in the one-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) prep was worth 10 qualifying points as part...

Mike G. Rutherford’s Stageplay was heavily backed at 3-5 in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds, and the talented gray miss lived up to all expectations with a 1 1/4-length victory under jockey Florent Geroux. The score boosted...

Saturday night’s Eclipse Awards gala at Gulfstream Park was the “American Pharoah Show.” Having completing an elusive sweep of the U.S. Triple Crown – the first in 37 years – the 2015 Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1) and Belmont (G1) hero...

Mo Tom closed fast to win Saturday’s $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, posting a 2 ¼-length decision in the Kentucky Derby qualifying race. Trained by Tom Amoss and ridden by Corey Lanerie, the 3-year-old colt headed a 1-2 finish...

Runner-up to highly regarded stablemate Mor Spirit in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) last time out, Toews on Ice ships in to Oaklawn Park for Monday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones S. The Bob Baffert trainee rates as the 9-5 favorite on the morning line for...

Four Road to the Kentucky Oaks points races were scheduled for January, and next up on the list is Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds. Unlike the previous 11 races in the sequence, the one-mile-and-70-yard affair is not graded. However,...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series is in full swing, with a pair of qualifiers in the books this year and 12 races total since the opening event last September. These early qualifying races offer points on a 10-4-2-1 sliding scale to the top four finishers,...

Fair Grounds’ series of Kentucky Derby preps begins Saturday when the $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) will be contested at a distance of one mile and 70 yards. As part of the “Prep Season” in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, the race...

A mortal lock to be named the champion 2-year-old male of 2015 at Saturday night’s Eclipse Awards ceremony, unbeaten Nyquist enters the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail as the leader of his generation. But will he remain at the top of that perch with...