Kentucky Derby News

Catching Freedom made amends for a rough-trip loss in a Churchill Downs allowance in his previous start to land the $300,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park on Monday, the first of Road to the Kentucky Derby series event of the new year.

The New Year’s Day racing schedule is highlighted by the $300,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park, a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth 10-5-3-2-1 points to the top five finishers.

A cast of nine sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Oaklawn dirt in Monday’s $300,000 Smarty Jones S.

Trainers Brad Cox and Steve Asmussen have combined to win three of the past four editions of the $300,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn and will be collectively represented by five of the nine starters in Monday's renewal of the 1 1/16-mile event for newly...

L and N Racing, Jerry Caroom, and Breeze Easy’s Track Phantom earned 10 points on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard following his 1 1/4-length triumph in the $98,000 Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds on December 23.

Track Phantom and Alpine Princess recorded convincing wins and picked up their first qualifying points in Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks series races at Fair Grounds.

A talented field of eight two-year-old prospects will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Fair Grounds dirt surface in Saturday’s $100,000 Gun Runner S.

Three Chimneys Farm’s Otto the Conqueror earned 10 qualifying points on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his three-quarters of a length tally in the $300,000 Springboard Mile S. at Remington Park on Dec. 15.

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Wynstock improved his two-turn record to 2-for-2 with a game victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) as a 13-1 chance in the field of five.