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2025 Street Sense Stakes Overview
The Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs has emerged as an important fall stepping stone for promising juveniles looking toward the Kentucky Derby trail. The 2024 renewal saw Sovereignty demonstrate the closing kick...

Cattleya Stakes Race History
 
The Cattleya Stakes serves as the first scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, worth points to the top five finishers on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale. The allowance race for two-year-olds is held around the one-turn...

Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Race History
One of three Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races held at Churchill Downs, the historic Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) offers promising juveniles an opportunity to gain racing experience over the Derby’s host...

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Race History 
For many years, racing fans and handicappers spoke of the “Juvenile Jinx.” So the thinking went, it was virtually impossible for any horse to win both the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and the Kentucky Derby...

Futurity Trophy Race History
 
The Futurity Trophy is a one-mile Group 1 race on the turf for two-year-old colts and fillies at Doncaster Racecourse in Doncaster, England. This stop on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby awards points toward a spot...

Breeders’ Futurity Race History 
Held at Keeneland, just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Churchill Downs, the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) annually ranks as Kentucky’s most prestigious race for two-year-old colts and geldings.
For obvious reason,...

American Pharoah Stakes Race History
William Shakespeare once wrote “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The American Pharoah Stakes (G1) has gone by three different names since its inauguration in 1970, but no one has even mistaken the...

Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Race History
 
The lone Kentucky Derby qualifier contested in France, the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) offers points on the European Road, on the 10-5-3-2-1 scale, to the top five finishers. The about seven-furlong turf...

Champagne Stakes Race History 
Of the nine Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races open to juveniles, which has been the most successful at producing winners on the first Saturday in May? The answer is the Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, and it’s...