Kentucky Derby News

The combination of jockey Edgar Morales and trainer Tom Amoss has paid dividends over the last several months to horseplayers at Churchill Downs and the duo will team up once again with Michael McLoughlin’s $125,000 Ellis Park Juvenile runner-up...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Echo Again, an impressive maiden special weight winner one month ago at Saratoga, was tabbed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
Echo Again will attempt...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs where eight 2-year-olds, including impressive maiden winner Echo Again, were entered to face undefeated Grade II winner Damon’s Mound in the 41st...

Holy Cow Stable’s $200,000 Adirondack (Grade III) winner Naughty Gal was entered to face a full field of 11 rivals including Stone Bridge Farm’s undefeated $125,000 Ellis Park Debutante winner Justa Warrior in Saturday’s $300,000 Pocahontas...

A total of 26 stakes races cumulatively worth $8.31 million will be offered at Churchill Downs during its upcoming September and Fall meets.
The 14-date September Meet (Sept. 15-Oct. 2) will showcase 11 stakes races that total $3.36 million, and the...

Godolphin’s homebred Santin, winner of the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (Grade I) on Kentucky Derby day, prevailed in a protracted duel over Smooth Like Strait by 1 ¾ lengths to win Saturday’s 39th running of the $1...

Dalika (GER) went straight to the front and was collared by Princess Grace at the top of the stretch but re-rallied along the inside to determinedly win Saturday’s 32nd running of the $500,000 Beverly D. Stakes (Grade I) at Churchill Downs.
Dalika...

A special two-day $1 Pick 6 including stakes races from Churchill Downs and Ellis Park highlights Saturday’s Arlington Million Day wagering menu at Churchill Downs.
Billed as the “Bluegrass Pick 6,” the all-stakes, six-race sequence...

Set Piece (GB) arrived in the United States two years ago to the care of multiple Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox and since then owner Juddmonte has been rewarded with seven victories. The one missing link in Set Piece’s résumé...

Godolphin’s Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (Grade I) winner Santin will face six fellow turf specialists, including Cannon Thoroughbreds’ 2021 Shoemaker Mile (GI) hero Smooth Like Strait, in Saturday’s 39th running of the $1 million...