Kentucky Derby News
February 16, 2016
Nominations Open for 2016 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade Presented by Kroger
142 Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors to Participate in Kentucky Derby Event
LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016) – Churchill Downs Racetrack and its charitable partners Bright Pink® and Horses and Hope today announced that the online nomination...
Wagering February 15, 2016
Mohaymen, Nyquist Close, but 'All Others' Is Futures Favorite
Impressive and unbeaten 3-year-olds Mohaymen (#15) and Nyquist (#17) were top choices among individual horses taking aim on the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), but the always-popular Mutuel Field, or “All Others” (#24),...
February 15, 2016
Sentient Jet Named Preferred Private Aviation Partner of Kentucky Derby
Sentient Jet, a Directional Aviation company, is pleased to announce that it has been named the Preferred Private Aviation Partner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Longines Kentucky Oaks, and Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home track...
Derby News February 15, 2016
10 ways the Kentucky Derby prep season is like the presidential primaries
With the political parties’ presidential primaries dominating the news cycle, and with the Kentucky Derby (G1) prep season now heating up, it’s easy to track their similarities.
Before you jump to point out the differences, I’ll offer...
February 14, 2016
Frank Conversation enters Derby discussion after El Camino Real
The connections of unbeaten champion and 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) points leader Nyquist have another contender on their hands – Frank Conversation, who got on the scoreboard by capturing Saturday’s $200,840 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden...
February 13, 2016
Collected, Discreetness start from opposite ends of Southwest starting gate
Collected and Discreetness bring top credentials into Monday’s Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, with the former winning the January 9 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita and the latter capturing the January 18 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn, and the 3-year-olds will...
February 13, 2016
Nyquist's road to Derby begins in San Vicente
Undefeated juvenile colt champion Nyquist embarks on his personal road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) Monday at Santa Anita when he heads a field of six for the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) going seven furlongs.
The San Vicente, last won by an eventual Derby...
February 12, 2016
Full field set for El Camino Real Derby
Saturday’s $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (G3) is the next-to-last prep in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers. Held over the synthetic Tapeta track at Golden Gate Fields in Northern...
Wagering February 9, 2016
Unbeatens Mohaymen, Champion Nyquist Top Individuals, but 'All Others' is Odds-On Morning Line Choice in Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 2
A pair of unbeaten 3-year-old Thoroughbreds – Shadwell Stable’s Mohaymen (#15) and Reddam Racing LLC’s champion Nyquist (#17) are rated as the top individual horses, but the ever-popular “All Others” (#24) wager is the odds-on...
February 7, 2016
Songbird continues division domination in Las Virgenes
Fox Hill Farms’ Songbird made her three-year-old bow on Saturday at Santa Anita Park in the $300,345 Las Virgenes S. (G2), and the dark bay miss proved once again why she ranks first on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard by a wide margin.
The daughter...