Kentucky Derby News

The Road to the 150th Kentucky Derby continues with three races this weekend including The Champagne Stakes, American Pharoah Stakes, and Breeders' Futurity each worth 10 points. Darren and KK analyze each race and give you their best bets!

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Alongside the three scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby this weekend, there’s a trio of companion stakes offering points toward the Kentucky Oaks. All are worth points on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale to the top five eligible finishers.
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A total of nine promising juvenile prospects will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Keeneland main strip in Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders’ Futurity S. (G1). The 'Win and You’re In' tilt will provide the first-place finisher with...

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid al Maktoum’s homebred Rosallion was upset on soft going last out, but returned to his brilliant best on a quicker surface in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) on Arc Day at ParisLongchamp. While the British shipper...

Jeff Smith’s Ghostwriter handled the step up in class and distance in Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket to remain undefeated in three starts. The Clive Cox trainee earned 10 points on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, and a ticket...

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby makes a stop in France on Sunday, with the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) kicking off the action on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Day at ParisLongchamp. In addition to offering points on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale,...

A strong field of nine will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (G2). Grade 1 victor Americanrevolution draws outside in the contest for conditioner Todd Pletcher and looms large as the second...

Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket features a son of unbeaten 2018 Triple Crown champion Justify, Capulet, who ranks as the early favorite for trainer Aidan O’Brien. But Godolphin’s Aablan has an American classic connection too,...

The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager let’s fans wager on world-class sires in the hopes that one of their offspring will win the Kentucky Derby. The Sire Future Wager offers 40 sires a fan can bet on. 39 are individually named...

Vimal Khosla’s Deepone benefited from a change in tactics to capture Saturday’s Beresford (G2) at the Curragh, the first scoring race on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. 
Trainer Paddy Twomey was resolved to employ a more forward...