Published: Friday, May 1, 2026 The 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, May 2, 2026, and if you have been around this game long enough, you know the week leading into the first Saturday in May has its own particular electricity. The Kentucky Derby odds are moving, the connections...
Counting Stars, Explora and Always a Runner: The $1.5M Oaks Day Showdown You Can't Miss Friday, May 1, 2026 | Churchill Downs | 8:40 p.m. ET Post Time The Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks goes as the centerpiece of Friday's card at Churchill Downs, $1.5 million on the line, a full field of 14 fillies, and [&he...
It’s been quite a whirlwind few days for jockey Tyler Gaffalione in the hours before Saturday’s $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) -- and Friday night’s $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1). On Thursday, Gaffalione lost his Oaks ride aboard Bella Ballerina and his Derby ride aboard Fulleffort after bot...
The 2026 Kentucky Oaks has long been heralded as the most prestigious race for three-year-old fillies in the world. Traditionally, it is a race where "savvy" meets "speed"—where the sharpest handicappers in the world descend upon Churchill Downs to find value in a deep, competitive field. However,...
Friday, May 1, 2026 Friday is here, the lilies are on the track, and the 152nd Kentucky Oaks is running in primetime for the first time in the race's history. If you are trying to figure out how to watch the 2026 Kentucky Oaks, you are in the right place. We will break down every […]...
Only a handful of horses have entered the Kentucky Derby (G1) having already joined the millionaire’s club and won the Run for the Roses: Street Sense (2007), California Chrome (2014), American Pharoah (2015), Nyquist (2016), and Authentic (2020). Overall, a total of 69 millionaires ...
The Garland of Roses, worn by a single 3-year-old every year, has come to symbolize the Kentucky Derby throughout the world for nearly the entire history of the race. The garland is 122 inches long, 22 inches wide, and weighs approximately 40 pounds. The lining is made of deep green moiré bengaline...
Friday, May 1, 2026 | Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY Friday morning at Churchill Downs started with a scratch and ended with a last-minute call to the barn. Right to Party is out of the 2026 Kentucky Derby, pulled at 8:17 a.m. by a regulatory veterinarian citing lameness in his right foreleg. Calum...
There is no race on the calendar that gets dissected as much as the Kentucky Derby. Every post position, every prep race, every morning workout, every trainer quote gets filtered through the lens of 20 horses breaking from the gate at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. And with Saturday a...
Japan is 0-for-10 in the Kentucky Derby. That number is real, and it matters. But anybody who watched Forever Young nearly pull it off in 2024 knows the conversation has changed. This Saturday at Churchill Downs, Japan sends two horses to the 152nd Run for the Roses, and the question every sharp bet...
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