The Tactical Revolution of Chip Honcho at Fair Grounds The 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby just reached a fever pitch following a pulse-pounding edition of the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes. While the winner, Paladin, naturally commands the headlines and shortens the 2026 Kentucky Derby Odds, sharp bett...
Saturday’s $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at the Del Mar will offer a clash of styles in a deep field of eight, headlined by morning-line favorite Test Score. Hollywood Derby (G1) The H. Graham Motion-trained Lookin At Lucky colt has been no worse than third in nine of his 11 starts and enters off ...
The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes returns this November 29 at Churchill Downs, and once again this late-season showdown offers something no bettor or handicapper can ignore: a final juvenile test on the same track, same surface, and same mile-and-a-sixteenth configuration used on the Road to the Kentu...
The Road to the Roses is just starting to heat up, but the 2026 Kentucky Derby picture already has a clear focal point. A handful of 2-year-olds are separating from the pack on the early Kentucky Derby leaderboard, and one name is doing more than just showing up in the points table....
The victory was not a surprise, because Further Ado was the 2-1 favorite in the 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight at Keeneland. But the margin was crazy: 20 lengths. Nobody saw that coming, not after he lost his first two starts by 3½ and 6¼ lengths....
Most of the stakes races set for the final weekend of the Bing Crosby fall meet at Del Mar are transfers from Hollywood Park, which shuttered in 2013 after 75 years to make room for the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Despite the geography change, Friday’s 1½-mile Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) has retai...
A Deep Dive into the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and the Road to the Roses The culmination of the Churchill Downs Fall Meet, the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, represents one of the most vital opportunities for two-year-old colts to earn qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby. This race, run a...
Identifying True Value in the Kentucky Derby Futures Market December historically establishes the critical fault lines in the three-year-old division. Many casual bettors focus narrowly on the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile results, allowing true value to slip through the cracks as attention shifts to hol...
If you’re into history, Churchill Downs’ venerable Clark Stakes (G2) is for you. It was first run in 1875, the year the track opened, and the $600,000, 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds and up will be run Friday for the 151st consecutive time. Talk about tradition. Rattle N Roll (post 6, 7-2) will...
The November Gateway: Decisive Moments on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Horse racing fans know the late days of November do not offer a reprieve; they deliver decisive action. Churchill Downs hosts one of the most vital two-year-old races of the entire year: the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes...
A Holiday Weekend treat of stakes races is all set to close out the horse racing meets at Churchill Downs and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. There’s a Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race at Churchill Downs on Saturday, the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), and a pair of Grade 1s on the turf at Del [&h...
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