Derby Day will be here before you know it, the one time of the year when everybody is a horse racing fan. It’s also the time to pull out the bankroll and peel off some serious money. We’ve been staked to $500 to invest in the 2026 Kentucky Derby, and we’ve sharpened our handicapping pencils. [...
Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs brought the news that serious Derby bettors had been dreading for days. Silent Tactic, trained by Mark Casse, is out of the 152nd Kentucky Derby with a bruised foot. That makes him the first official scratch from the field, and it sets off a chain reaction that e...
The Run for the Lilies is two days away, and the post draw is set. Fourteen fillies will line up at Churchill Downs on Friday, May 1, for the 152nd Kentucky Oaks, a $1.5 million, 1 1/8-mile classic that goes in primetime for the first time ever, with an 8:40 p.m. EDT post. This is […]...
Each year since 1971, Eclipse Awards have been given to the elite runners from each division, as well as to racing’s top owners, breeders, and jockeys. The awards, which are named for foundation sire Eclipse, are voted on by a three-member panel consisting of the National Thoroughbred Racing Assoc...
Danon Bourbon and Wonder Dean, the two Japan-based Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders, put in leisurely 4-furlong workouts at Churchill Downs on Tuesday. Danon Bourbon, unbeaten in three career starts in Japan, breezed 4 furlongs in 52.80 seconds; Japan-bred Wonder Dean, winner of the UAE Derby (G2), we...
If you made a future bet on Renegade at double-digit odds, you were congratulating yourself after his Arkansas Derby (G1) runaway made him the consensus favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1). But the horse racing gods are fickle and merciless, and you cringed Saturday when he drew the rail, which hasn...
The Kentucky Derby is rarely without drama, especially at the wire. So, picking the most dramatic finishes in the Kentucky Derby (G1) is all but impossible. Arguably, each of the 151 editions had a remarkable ending, and it should be no different on Saturday. From breathtaking duels to the wire (Gri...
People begin pondering the Kentucky Derby (G1) four months before it's run. America's unique rite of spring is an obsession, and late Saturday afternoon, millions around the world will be transfixed by “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports.” When the gates open, chaos rules. A bad start, a traffic...
With the hustle and bustle of Kentucky Derby (G1) week on the backstretch at full throttle, California-based trainer Mark Glatt stood outside of Barn 42 at Churchill Downs, watching his Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner So Happy being readied for his morning routine. Those moments before So Happy hit th...
The post positions are set. The morning line is official. And if you have been watching the Kentucky Derby prep races all spring, you already know the story everyone is arguing about right now: Renegade drew the No. 1 hole and still opened as the 4-1 favorite in the 2026 Kentucky Derby betting odds....
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