Kentucky Derby News

Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, Christopher Dunn, Rose Petal Stable and Foard Wilgis’ recent private purchase Hoffa’s Union, a 15 ½-length maiden winner at Laurel and entrant in Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (Grade II) tops a...

Kentucky Derby implications abound in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G2). A full field of 14 has been entered for the 1 1/8-mile test at Keeneland, one of seven major qualifiers in the Road tothe Kentucky Derby series, and all need points to...

Bellafina, widely considered the current favorite for the Kentucky Oaks (G1), has her final tune-up for that May 4 event on Saturday in the $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G1).
The 1 1/16-mile event is one of three Road to the Kentucky Oaks series preps that...

Gary and Mary West’s champion 2-year-old Game Winner and undefeated Florida Derby (Grade I) hero Maximum Security are 8-1 co-morning line favorites in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) which opens on Friday.
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Before Mucho Gusto developed a fan following on the racetrack, the affable chestnut was making friends and surviving Hurricane Irma as a youngster.
Mucho Gusto was bred by the accomplished Peruvian equestrian Bernardo Alvarez Calderon and his Teneri Farm....

Variety of Merchandise Features Oil Paintings of Oaks and Derby Spirit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, April 2, 2019) – Churchill Downs today released the 2019 “Official Art of the Kentucky Derby” by Owensboro, Kentucky artist Rhonda McEnroe....

Imperial Racing LLC’s Plus Que Parfait picked up his first stakes win with a sharp closing run in Saturday’s $2.5 million UAE Derby (Uae-G2) at Meydan. With his tally, the sophomore picked up 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby to...

The final leg of the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1)” was run on Sunday at Nakayama. Run at 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles) going two turns around the right-handed dirt track, it attracted a field of eight. Dirt races in Japan are...

Four horses secured slots in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) this past weekend with first- or second-place finishes in the UAE Derby (G2) and Florida Derby (G1).
Plus Que Parfait (#1, 104 points), who had just four qualifying points from three earlier prep...

Gary and Mary West’s homebred Maximum Security led from gate-to-wire in an impressive 3 1/2-length score in the Florida Derby (G1) beneath Luis Saez on March 30. The bay earned 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby for his efforts in securing...