Kentucky Derby News

KAS Stables’ Bishops Bay is headed to the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI) following his determined victory in Saturday’s $399,000 Ack Ack (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
Pedro Lanz, agent for KAS Stables, announced the Breeders’ Cup plans Saturday night...

Dragoon Guard rated off a fast early pace and powered home down the stretch to easily win Saturday’s 13th running of the $498,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II) for 3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs by 3 ¼ lengths over the tiring early leader Chunk of...

Zedan Racing Stables’ unbeaten Salahudin returned to the Churchill Downs work tab Saturday with a bullet half-mile move in :46.20, his first published work since winning the $400,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) on Sept. 12.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Salahudin...

Flying Dutchmen’s Owen Almighty will attempt to strengthen his case for a possible start in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (Grade I) when he meets an accomplished group of older horses in Saturday’s $400,000 Ack Ack Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
Trained...

Trainer Jordan Blair has the same confidence in 8-1 morning-line contender This Is Uscar as he would if the 5-year-old gelding were favored in Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (GII) at Churchill Downs.
“I know we’re 8-1, but I’m every bit as...

Terry Stephens’ Grade III winner Chunk of Gold will attempt to become racing’s newest millionaire Saturday as the 2-1 favorite in the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II) at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Ethan West, Chunk of Gold has earned $951,511 with...

After spending the afternoon riding on the Pennsylvania Derby Day card at Parx, Flavien Prat finished his Saturday under the lights beneath the Twin Spires when he guided Consequent to her fourth consecutive victory and narrowly missing another stakes...

Explora and Movie Night made all the running early in Saturday night’s 51st running of the $299,000 Dogwood Stakes presented by Resolute Racing (Grade III) for 3-year-old fillies but it was Juddmonte’s homebred Conceit who rallied from the outside...

David Jacobson, Sharaf Mohammed Al Hariri and Larry Roman’s multimillionaire Banishing returns to Churchill Downs and headlines a field of seven older horses entered in next Saturday’s 13th running of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II), part of...

The Chicago Cubs flew the W at Churchill Downs on Thursday night when Alex Bregman’s Act of Parliament rallied to win the final race of the evening with nearly the entire team there to celebrate.