Breaking from post 9 in a field of 11, Jonathan’s Way led all the way and won the $250,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, the first race on the road to the Kentucky Derby. The ...
And they’re off on the Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1). Churchill Downs, home of America’s iconic horse race, hosts the first Derby points qualifier on Saturday, the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes ...
Favorite Fierceness? El foldo. Runner-up Sierra Leone? Excellent in defeat. Longshot Mystik Dan? Kentucky Derby (G1) winner! Mystik Dan a nose best in a three-way photo finish to win the 150th Kentuck...
The verdict in the $1 million Derby City Distaff went to Vahva, who took the lead from rival Alva Starr in the stretch and won by two lengths Saturday in the first of three $1 million races on the Ken...
Part of the Kentucky Derby’s mystique is that it’s a race in which almost anything can happen and often does. A run of six consecutive winning favorites from 2013-18 (Orb, California Chrome, Ameri...
Record-setting Fierceness may be the favorite to win the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) on Saturday, but the usracing.com team doesn’t see it quite that way. Five of our seven astute handicappers ar...
In a nonsensical way, the Marx Brothers knew a good horse when they saw one. Here’s a little repartee between Groucho (Dr. Hackenbush) and Chico (Tony) from the 1937 movie “A Day at the Races.” ...
A rose by any other name … On New Year’s Day, more than a million people line the streets of Pasadena to witness the annual Rose Parade (next year’s theme: Best! Day! Ever!) Along with her crown...
A custom-made, 20-stall starting gate designed by Australian-based Steriline Racing made its debut at the 2020 Kentucky Derby, which was rescheduled that year to mid-September due to the Covid-19 pand...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races...
