With $1,000,000 on offer in the Grade I Arlington Million at Colonial Downs on Saturday, August 9, connections of 2024 Kentucky Derby hero Mystik Dan take him off the dirt for his turf debut in the valuable 2,000m contest. It’s a sensational switch of surfaces for the four-year-old Goldencents colt, who belied a perceived lack of …
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The Kentucky Derby meet’s American Turf Stakes winner Zulu Kingdom looks one of the best milers on grass of her generation, and can prove it with victory in the $400,000 Grade II National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, August 1. A three-year-old filly by top Irish sprinter …
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Kentucky Derby fourth and tenth Final Gambit and Tiztastic continue a summer campaign on grass in the $750,000 Grade I Saratoga Derby of 2025 in Upstate New York on Saturday, August 2. Switching surfaces from dirt to turf hasn’t paid off just yet, however. Introduced at the Spa in 2019, this 2,100m invitational race often …
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For the first time in its history, the $750,000 Belmont Derby takes place at Saratoga Race Course in Upstate New York on July 4 and features Kentucky Derby fourth Final Gambit. Switching to this Grade I invitational turf race over a reduced distance of 1,800m is a big call from trainer Brad Cox. Owner-breeders Juddmonte …
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The fastest thoroughbreds often have long careers in American horse racing, and the Grade II Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes of 2025 proves that with two previous winners back at Churchill Downs for more aged six and seven. Although Cogburn doesn’t defend the crown he won on Kentucky Derby day last year, both prior race …
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Long before the Pat Day Mile of 2025, this Grade II contest used to be a trial for the Kentucky Derby and held a week before the Run for the Roses. Nowadays, it takes place on the same card as the big one at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3 and has an excellent recent …
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A three-way photo finish decided the Kentucky Derby of 2024, but the two horses who lost out at Churchill Downs could gain compensation in the $7,000,000 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic in California at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Saturday, November 2. Two noses separated those who made the show crossing the wire in “The …
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This is precisely where to find free Kentucky Derby picks by experts and pro handicappers. They study all the form, speed figures and pedigrees of the thoroughbred racehorses heading to Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May, so you don’t have to. Who Are the Kentucky Derby Favorites in ? Without further ado, it’s …
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If you want to know about all the leading Kentucky Derby horses today for this year’s first leg of the Triple Crown, then this is where you can learn more. We list the standings based on qualifying points for the big race at Churchill Downs and then profile all those runners who made it into …
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This is where to find the complete Kentucky Derby winners list going all the way back to 1875. The Run for the Roses celebrated 150 years of history in 2024, so check out every single successful horse. We have broken it down into sections, so it’s easier on the eye. These going from the most …
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