Kentucky Derby News

It’s been a remarkable year for the team of Richard Rigneyand Phil Bauer and the duo aims to continue their success with their top 3-year-old filly Xigera, who’s on target to compete in the Grade III, $400,000 Falls City on Thanksgiving Day at Churchill...

Godolphin’s lightly-raced 3-year-old First Mission continues to train at Churchill Downs in preparation for a start in the $600,000 Clark Stakes (Grade II) on Friday, Nov. 24, the marquee race of the 134th Fall Meet.

Gaffalione Reunites With Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Wicked Halo in Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme Stakes.

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Tejano Twist Denies Bango 12th Churchill Downs Win With Come-From-Behind Win in $300,000 Bet on Sunshine.

Grade II Winner Stitched Takes on 11 Rivals in Saturday’s $300,000 River City

Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mage is from the first crop of champion Good Magic, who was second to Justify in the 2018 Run for the Roses. And that’s just the beginning of his Derby-themed pedigree.
Good Magic’s sire, Hall of Famer Curlin, and maternal...

Thirty years after Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone became the first and thus far only female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when guiding Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont S. (G1), the "Test of the Champion" yielded another first when Arcangelo gave...

A total of six sophomore fillies will travel one mile on the Ellis Park main surface in Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl S. The Brad Cox-trained Wet Paint was last seen finishing a solid fourth in the recent Kentucky Oaks (G1) when sent postward as...

Mitchell Murrill admits the word “sleep” is no longer in his vocabulary as he finds balance in his life between being a jockey and a new father to his son, Hayden.
“It’s been a big change in our life. You’re used to just...