As an 11-1 winner of the Wood Memorial (G2) in its final iteration at Aqueduct Racetrack, Albus made the move from impressive maiden winner to the top 10 on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 100 points. Having exhibited both tactical speed and a strong closing kick in his four-race...
Danon Bourbon certainly doesn’t come into the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1) with the same buzz as Japan’s star Forever Young two years ago, but can this entry from Japan give the country its first Derby win? (Forever Young was a close third). Danon Bourbon earned an invitation to the Derby afte...
Two days after his second-place finish in the Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct brought his total points on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard to 65, Right to Part’s connections paid a late nomination fee of $6,000 so he could Run for the Roses. He’ll be a longshot – as he has for much of his short [...
Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Emerging Market looks to overcome history by becoming the second horse to win the Run for the Roses in just the third start of his career. His victory in the Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds on March 21 makes him a potential ‘wise-guy’ horse to bet on the first ...
Ottinho, runner-up in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1), is no longer under consideration for the Kentucky Derby (G1), trainer Chad Brown confirmed on Saturday. The decision paves the way for Chief Wallabee, third in the Florida Derby (G1), to move into the Derby field limited to 20 starters and give Hall ...
The conversation around the 2026 Kentucky Derby has been sharp and specific for the past two weeks, and it keeps landing in the same place: the pace scenario. Not the morning line. Not the connections. The pace scenario. With a full 20-horse field confirmed for May 2 at Churchill Downs, the question...
The Kentucky Derby is the one race on the calendar where the exotic pools do more talking than any win bet ever could. Twenty horses. One mile and a quarter. A pace scenario that scrambles the chalk and opens the door for overlays to sneak into your trifecta and superfecta tickets. The 2025 Derby tr...
The prep season is done. The Kentucky Derby entries are locked. Post positions go up April 25, and everything you need to know about where the money is sitting and where the value is hiding comes down to this final futures market snapshot. If you have been tracking the Kentucky Derby odds all spring...
Brad Cox was one satisfied trainer Friday morning after his three Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders posted workouts at Churchill Downs two weeks before the Run for the Roses. Commandment. Renee Torbit/Coady Photo. First out was Wathnan Racing’s Florida Derby (G1) winner Commandment, who breezed 5 fur...
Two weeks out from the first Saturday in May, the 2026 Kentucky Derby is shaping up to be one of the more genuinely debatable fields we have seen in years. You have a clear morning line favorite in Renegade at 4-1, a horse who just put up a speed figure that towers over anything else […]...
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