Todd Pletcher got the news mid-flight. His wife relayed it from the post draw: Renegade, the 4-1 morning-line favorite for the 2026 Kentucky Derby, pulled Post 1. The rail. The same pill that has been swallowed 39 consecutive attempts without a winner since Ferdinand walked into the Churchill Downs ...
Once again, the Kentucky Derby (G1) will be run for a purse of $5 million, which means the winner will take home a minimum of $3.1 million. But before the group of 20, pending late defections, enter the starting gate, a significant financial investment has been made. Many have been purchased&nb...
Another day, another scratch in the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) – this time it’s Fulleffort, one of trainer Brad Cox’s three entries in the Run for the Roses. The withdrawal allows winless Ocelli to draw into the Derby, the second also-eligible to move into the 20-horse field in the past tw...
Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner. History is unclear about if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadically made in following yea...
As much as the Kentucky Derby (G1) has stayed the same and replicated decades worth of traditions, perhaps the biggest change overall may be the actual field size, or actual numbers of runners who will be trying to make the gate on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Derby field has been limited...
The 152nd Kentucky Derby goes Saturday, May 2, at Churchill Downs. Post time is 6:57 p.m. ET. Twenty horses. One mile and a quarter. The most complicated betting puzzle in American horse racing, and the one day of the year when every square in the country thinks he has the winner. You are not that [...
Two scratches in two days. Kentucky Derby 152 is still two days away, and the field is already reshuffling. Brad Cox confirmed Thursday morning that Fulleffort is out of the Derby after x-rays turned up a bone chip in his left hind ankle. The also-eligible list does what it is designed to do, and Oc...
Three days out from the gate at Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby odds are doing what they always do this close to post time: shifting, tightening, and telling you something worth paying attention to if you know how to read the board. Renegade came into post position draw week as the clear morning...
The 152nd Kentucky Derby goes Saturday at Churchill Downs, and if you have been spending your week grinding prep race replays and staring at post position histories, you already know this is a wide-open renewal. The morning line has Renegade as the 4-1 chalk, but there are at least three horses in t...
Prom Queen impressed trainer Brad Cox from the minute she joined his barn last Fall. Nothing has diminished his opinion of her since then as she prepares for the biggest challenge of her young career: the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday night (post time 8:40 p.m. ET). The Oaks for 3-year-o...
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