The most exciting two minutes in sports begin nearly a year before the starting gates rattle open at Churchill Downs. In US Racing, we know the thrill of identifying an elite three-year-old talent when it still possesses Kentucky Derby Odds of 50-1 or 80-1. Betting the Kentucky Derby futures market ...
Kentucky Derby betting in late November is already circling around one central question: among the current 2026 Kentucky Derby leaderboard horses, who actually runs the fastest? Using Equibase speed figures and key final times from the major prep races so far, we can sort through the noise and see w...
The early stages of the Road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby have already told us plenty about raw talent and speed figures. But for long-range Kentucky Derby betting and futures strategy, pedigree is where you separate temporary buzz from true classic potential. The strongest bloodlines do not guarantee...
The path to the Kentucky Derby is always unpredictable, but certain barns manage to rise above the chaos year after year. Some trainers thrive on early-season dominance, some rely on slow-developing colts that peak at the right time, and others show up with so much firepower that bettors simply brac...
The 2025 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs delivers a compact but highly competitive field of seven promising juveniles aiming to start their journey toward the 2026 Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/16-mile test on the Churchill dirt traditionally identifies colts ready to stretch out, handle pr...
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...
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