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Kentucky Derby; Oaks prep highlight Saturday’s broadcast on America's Day at the Races

POSTED: February 11, 2021

OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Exciting live racing from Aqueduct Racetrack, Fair Grounds and Tampa Bay Downs will comprise Saturday’s broadcast of America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast...

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Risen Star GII begins Road to Kentucky Derby Championship Season

POSTED: February 11, 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series is set to kickoff Saturday in New Orleans with a field of 13 horses...

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The week and weekend are chock full of stakes races straight through to Fat Tuesday

POSTED: February 10, 2021

A pre-week, weekend and post-weekend packed full of stakes action with 40 races, 16 graded. Three Derby prep races—El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gates...

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Champion Essential Quality, undefeated Life Is Good, 8-1 co-individual favorites in Kentucky Derby future wager pool 3

POSTED: February 9, 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Godolphin’s Eclipse Award-winning colt Essential Quality and CHC Inc and WinStar Farm’s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade III) winner Life Is Good...

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Past the Wire's Kentucky Derby Radar 2021 1st update

POSTED: January 27, 2021

A short and select list of our top Kentucky Derby contenders for 2021. This is an interesting group, and not really what you expect to...

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Undefeated Life Is Good made early 6-1 'Individual Favorite' in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager

POSTED: January 21, 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – CHC Inc and WinStar Farm’s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade III) winner Life Is Good was made the 6-1 individual morning line favorite in Pool 2 of the...

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Essential Quality remains on top, Keepmeinmind moves into second: 2020/21 'Road to Kentucky Derby' Leaderboard

POSTED: November 29, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  – Following the Kentucky Jockey Club (Grade II) at Churchill Downs, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) and Breeders’ Futurity (GI) winner Essential Quality remained atop the...

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Kentucky Derby Winner Authentic Moves Into Lead of NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Poll

POSTED: September 8, 2020

Bob Baffert with the 146th Kentucky Derby winner Authentic LEXINGTON, Ky. – At every point of call in the 146th edition of the Kentucky Derby, Authentic found himself in front...

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146th Derby Champ Authentic perky & well, pointed to Preakness Oct. 3

POSTED: September 6, 2020

Update on Derby runners and where they will head next LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It wasn’t the usual morning-after scene around Barn 33 on Sunday as...

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The Kentucky Derby section is where you will find all types of articles both current and historical on everything Derby related. Here you will find articles about the road to the Derby such as which horses have garnered the most points leading up to the 1st Saturday in May, prep race results and who’s hot and who’s not. All of the latest information on who is or isn’t entering the starting gate as well as exciting back stories to the connections involved in derby entrants.

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