It’s a long way to the first weekend in May at Churchill Downs, but it’s already time for 2-year-old colts and fillies to take their first steps on the road to the marquee events of spring. Saturday’s card in Louisville features two Grade 2 races for juveniles, the $400,000 Golden Rod Stakes f...
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 2-year-old Ohio-bred colt was in command over the 1-mile Iroquois under Hall of Fame jockey Joel Ros...
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 (G3). A field of 12 2-year-olds is entered for the 1-mile Iroquois, which awards points on a sliding...
Bob Baffert is back in the Kentucky Derby rotation after Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) lifted a three-year suspension of the Hall of Fame trainer, effective immediately. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will be eligible to saddle horses for the 2025 Kentucky Derby The announcement came Friday afternoon...
What a difference a week makes, particularly when it comes to Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystic Dan. “All systems go,” McPeek said Saturday morning. “He’ll ship out in the morning (Sunday, May 12).” A chance to set up a shot at the Triple Crown remains in play as trainer Ken McPeek confirm...
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 Kentucky Derby. Dismissed at odds of 18-1, Mystik Dan was given a perfect trip under Brian Hernandez, Jr., ...
Program Trading outdueled Naval Power in the final furlong and won the $1 million Turf Classic (G1) for 4-year-olds and up by a head on Saturday at Churchill Downs prior to Kentucky Derby (G1). The 4-year-old ridgling is now 3-for-3 in Grade 1s (5-of-6 overall), having won the Saratoga Derby as a 3-...
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 Kentucky Derby Day undercard. Trained by Cherie DeVaux and ridden by Irad Ortiz, Jr., Vahva moved [&hel...
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, American Pharoah, Nyquist, Always Dreaming, Justify) defied that notion. Then chaos reasserted itself big...
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 are picking against 5-2 Fierceness in the 150th Run for the Roses, going with the likes of 3-1 second ...
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