Kentucky Derby News

Five runners competed in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) at ParisLongchamp after the scratch of early favorite St Mark’s Basilica, but only one – Sealiway – really handled the heavy going in a lopsided result. Trained by Frederic Rossi and...

Essential Quality dominated Saturday’s $400,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, earning both an automatic bid to next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) over the same track but also 10 qualifying points toward the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1)....

Swiss Skydiver prevailed by a neck over Kentucky Derby winner Authentic after a thrilling stretch duel in the $1 million Preakness (G1) at Pimlico, becoming only the sixth filly to win in the 145-year history of the Triple Crown race. Now a five-time...

Four of the contenders in Saturday’s Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland descend from the sire line of 1977 Triple Crown legend Seattle Slew and his Hall of Fame son A. P. Indy. Top sire Tapit is responsible for Essential Quality, the 2-1 morning-line...

Simply Ravishing lived up to her name in the final quarter-mile of Friday’s $350,000 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, extending the lead she’d had from the start to 6 1/2 lengths at the wire of the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Oaks prep. Trained...

With the ground listed as very soft Friday, and likely to turn heavy in the next couple of days, only six juveniles were declared for Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) at ParisLongchamp. The about 7-furlong test is a scoring race on the European...

A total of five graded stakes races, with three of the Grade 1 variety, top a blockbuster Saturday of racing at Keeneland Race Course. One of the headliners is the $400,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1), which will pit nine juveniles traveling 1 1/16 miles...

An excellent field of 11 sophomores will go postward to contest the final leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. The 145th running of the $1 million Preakness (G1) highlights a huge day of racing at the Baltimore venue, and the winner...

The Triple Crown wraps up on Saturday with the $1 million Preakness (G1) at Pimlico. Normally the middle leg of the three-race series, this year’s Preakness will conclude the 2020 classics after being postponed from May 16 due to COVID-19. Even with...

Steve Asmussen and Brad Cox have both won multiple editions of the Kentucky Oaks, but the leading Churchill Downs trainers are both seeking their first Kentucky Derby victory. They will send out early hopefuls for the 2021 Run for the Roses in Saturday’s...