Kentucky Derby News

The Steve Asmussen-trained duo of Gun Runner, third in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), and 2014 Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) winner Untapable both breezed a half-mile for their respective starts in the $100,000 Matt Winn (GIII) and...

Trainer Brad Cox’s pair of 5-year-old mares Cash Control and Sweet Acclaim, who ran one-two in Saturday’s Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap (Grade III) exited their efforts in good order following the 1 1/16-mile grass event and will likely...

Trainer Neil Howard has enjoyed a successful year so far with graded stakes winners Eagle, who defeated multiple graded stakes winner Noble Bird in Keeneland’s Ben Ali (Grade III) on April 16, and Ahh Chocolate, a winner of the Allaire DuPont Distaff...

Richard and Bertram Klein’s 5-year-old mare Cash Control slipped through an opening along the rail at the head of the stretch, grabbed the lead at the three-sixteenths pole and narrowly held on to beat stablemate Sweet Acclaim (IRE) by a head to...

Last Saturday, Alsvid scored a victory in the Aristides (Grade III) for the second consecutive year. This Saturday, Carl Pollard’s Kiss Moon will be looking to do the same when she attempts to defend her title against nine other fillies and mares...

Paul McGee, trainer of Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) contender Majestic Harbor. (Churchill Downs)

Corey Lanerie, who sits atop the Spring Meet jockey standings heading into Thursday's racing, will ride Majestic Harbor in next week's Grade...

The simulcast of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (Grade I) and the bid by Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) runner-up and Preakness (GI) winner Exaggerator to win two of the three jewels of racing’s 2016 Triple Crown tops the roster...

L. T. B. Inc. and Hillerich Racing LLC’s 4-year-old filly Mizz Money, winner of the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap (Grade III) on Pimlico’s Preakness Stakes undercard, will carry the top weight of 121 pounds when she stakes on nine fillies and...

Rain began to pour down as the horses left the starting gate for Saturday’s Aristides (Grade III) at Churchill Downs, but that didn’t dampen trainer Chris Hartman’s mood as his stable’s star Alsvid held off 4-5 favorite Limousine...

Trainer William “Buff” Bradley will be saddling Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (Grade I) winner Divisidero in next Saturday’s $1.5 million Manhattan (GI) on the Belmont Stakes undercard, but a big victory with The Player in Friday afternoon’s...