The $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G1) opens the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) on Saturday, with Comport the 6-5 morning line favorite in a field of 10 2-year-olds. Fittingly, the Iroquois at Churchill Downs is the first of more than two dozen Derby preps around the country that lead back to the 152nd ...
Believe it or not, the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) opens Saturday at Churchill Downs with the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3). For all of you handicappers tracking promising 2-year-olds over the summer, it’s time to hunker down and see if you’re on the right path. The 1-mile Iroquois offers De...
After a few weeks of evaluating so much intel on the Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders, the US Racing Team handicappers have decided who to bet in the Run for the Roses. Who are the USRacing Team's Picks for the Run for the Roses? Journalism is the top pick from four of our seven handicappers to [&hell...
One horse's Connections will have their Derby Dreams come True The plot lines are plentiful, the betting options bountiful, and the fashion statements bold and beautiful: Horseplayers and racing fans, it’s time for the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. And what an unpredictable field! Speed ...
Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner. It is unclear if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadic in the following years. Finally, in 1924,...
Street Sense Stakes (2007), California Chrome (2014), American Pharoah Stakes (2015), Nyquist (2016), and Authentic (2020) are the only horses that entered the Kentucky Derby with at least $1 million in career earnings and won the race. Overall, a total of 66 millionaires have run in the Kentucky ...
Grande owner Mike Repole: “Shocked and Confused’’ Another day, another scratch in the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1). On Friday morning, a day before the Run for the Roses, Grande was scratched by Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission veterinarians. The official reason...
The excitement of the Kentucky Derby is never restricted to just the two minutes or so in which the races run. In the weeks leading up to the annual event, contenders jump onto and off the probables lists daily and the hype builds steadily up until and through the time the gates swing open. But [&he...
With the late scratch of Rodriguez on Thursday, also-eligible Baeza moves into the field for Saturday’s 151st running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3. Kentucky Derby Contender: Baeza His trainer stayed positive in the weeks leading up to the Kentucky Der...
Churchill Downs has a Special Starting Gate to Accommodate the 20-horse Derby Field As much as Kentucky Derby betting has stayed the same and replicated decades of traditions, perhaps the biggest change overall may be the actual field size, or the actual number of runners who will be trying to make ...
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