Kentucky Derby News

Destin lit up the Tampa Bay Downs main track Saturday with a stakes and track-record performance in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2). Guided by Javier Castellano, the gray son of Giant’s Causeway was a stalking third behind fellow Todd Pletcher trainee...

Danzing Candy seized the initiative at the start and led wire to wire in Saturday’s $400,345 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita, defeating a well-regarded group of rivals in his stakes debut. Trained by Cliff Sise Jr. and ridden by Mike Smith, the son of...

Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita will feature a short but salty field of 3-year-olds competing for a combined 85 points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier (50-20-10-5 to top four finishers). Seven were entered for the 1 1/16-mile...

A well-matched group of 10 sophomores will take to the main track at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday for their shot at 50 points and a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting gate in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2). The race is part of the Road to the...

Marquee Miss opened her three-year-old campaign with a 2 1/2-length score in the January 15 Dixie Belle S. at Oaklawn Park and returned a month later to take the Martha Washington S. On Saturday, the Ingrid Mason pupil lines up against five rivals as...

A pair of unbeaten stars in Shadwell Stable’s Fountain of Youth (GII) winner Mohaymen (#13) and Reddam Racing LLC’s reigning American 2-year-old champion Nyquist (#15), the winner of the Grade II San Vicente at Santa Anita in his 2016 debut, rank...

Convenient Online Platform Enables Fans to Buy and Resell Verified Tickets to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks LOUISVILLE, KY (March 10, 2016) – Churchill Downs Racetrack (CDRT) today launched the Kentucky Derby Ticket Exchange by Ticketmaster,...

Fox Hill Farms’ unbeaten 2-year-old filly champion Songbird (#18) is the solid favorite in a strong group of 3-year-old fillies listed as individual betting interests in the 2016 pool of Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Kentucky Oaks Future Wager (“KOFW”),...

Wagering on Valentin Bukhtoyarov and Evgeny Kappushev’s unbeaten Polar River has been suspended in Churchill Downs Racetrack’s upcoming Kentucky Oaks Future Wager (“KOFW”) after a representative of trainer Doug Watson confirmed to track officials...