Kentucky Derby News

Kentucky Derby 150 hero Mystik Dan will square off against Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show in next Saturday’s 12th running of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II), the marquee event of the Churchill Downs September Meet.
The 1 1/8-mile Lukas Classic...

Godolphin’s champion filly Immersive has yet to find the winner’s circle during her brief 3-year-old campaign but trainer Brad Cox hopes the filly can return to her 2-year-old form at her home track in Saturday’s $175,000 Seneca Overnight Stakes...

Valene Farms’ top Louisiana-bred sprinter Smoken Wicked will return to Churchill Downs on Saturday as the 8-5 morning line favorite in the $300,000 Harrods Creek as he looks to rebound from a subpar effort in last month’s H. Allen Jerkens (Grade I).
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Terry Stephens’ West Virginia Derby (Grade III) winner Chunk of Gold, who finished ninth in the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (GI), will return to Churchill Downs as the 8-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s $300,000...

Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback and longtime FOX NFL Sunday analyst Terry Bradshaw has won plenty of big games in his career, but Saturday he celebrated a different kind of victory when his 2-year-old filly Taken by the Wind captured the 57th...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Spice Runner is the early points leader on the 2026 “Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve” after the Gun Runner colt narrowly won Saturday’s 44th running of the $299,400 Iroquois (Grade III)...

Gabriel Dulgnan’s multiple Grade III winner Echo Sound will attempt to rebound from her disappointing effort as the beaten favorite in last month’s Test Stakes (GI) when she faces seven fellow 3-year-old filles entered in next Saturday’s 50th running...

Irad Ortiz Jr., the five-time Eclipse Award winner and national money leader as well as North America’s top jockey in races won every year since 2017, has moved his tack from New York to Kentucky for the fall season, adding even more star power to the...

Joseph Sutton’s Ellis Park Juvenile (Listed) winner Comport will take the next step in his young career on Saturday when he joins the Road to the Kentucky Derby as the 6-5 favorite in the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
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Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association will award $20,000 in scholarships during College Day on Saturday (Sept. 13), which is highlighted by 11 live races including the launch of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, student activities and...