Kentucky Derby News

Like other marquee racing events, the Kentucky Oaks (G1), America’s premier and most lucrative race for 3-year-old fillies, has an adjusted date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fillies will run for the garland of lilies Friday, September...

Normally the Matt Winn (G3) is a target for horses seeking a rebound from losses in the Kentucky Derby (G1), or for 3-year-olds who didn’t make the Run for the Roses. In our unprecedented time of COVID-19, with the Derby delayed to Sept. 5, Saturday’s...

Mystic Guide

Total 2 start(s)

Wins: 1
Place: 0
Show: 1

Top Speed Rating: (94) when breaking maiden at Fair Grounds.
Total Earnings: $35,500

Owner: Godolphin 
Breeder: GodolphinTrainer: Michael StidhamJockey: Brian Hernandez

Sire: Ghostzapper
Dam:...

A field of seven fillies and mares will go piostward in an allowance event in Race 4 at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The one-mile main track affair features a quality cast and is led by the return of champion Monomoy Girl. The chestnut, who is unraced...

A total of six sophomore fillies will travel one mile on the Ellis Park main surface in Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl S. The Brad Cox-trained Wet Paint was last seen finishing a solid fourth in the recent Kentucky Oaks (G1) when sent postward as...

May 23 Matt Winn at Home of the Kentucky Derby Raised to 50-20-10-5
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 12, 2020) – Churchill Downs Racetrack today released a preliminary list of races that could be used for the extension of the “Road to the Kentucky...

Road to the Kentucky Derby
Ultimate Racing Guide for North American Kentucky Derby Prep Races
Finding a horse to follow on the Road to the Kentucky Derby could be overwhelming for some. With typically over 21,000 Thoroughbreds hoping to earn their way...

Sending two-thirds of his power trio to Oaklawn Park earlier this month for the Arkansas Derby (G1), trainer Bob Baffert walked away with both divisions of the 1 1/8-mile test as both Nadal and Charlatan earned 100 qualifying points toward the Sept. 5...

A little more than an hour after stablemate Charlatan wired the first division of the Arkansas Derby (G1), fellow unbeaten Nadal responded by capturing the $500,000 second division – in slightly faster time – at Oaklawn Park. Thus Hall of...

SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Fred Hertrich III, John D. Fielding, and Golconda Stables’ Charlatan earned 100 points on the ‘2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby’ following his six-length victory...