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Kentucky Derby 2026: Synthetic stakes have been successful preps

Kentucky Derby 2026: Synthetic stakes have been successful preps

While it is certainly the road less traveled, the synthetic path to the Kentucky Derby has proven quite effective the last several years, with at least one horse finishing in the top four in three of the last four Derbies. On Saturday, Brad Cox has Fulleffort in the John Battaglia Memorial, which offers its top five finishers qualifying points to the Derby.

David GreningFeb 18, 2026
Top Sunland Derby finishers consider next steps

Top Sunland Derby finishers consider next steps

Two California-breds are Kentucky Derby-dreaming following Sunday's $500,000 Sunland Park Derby. Pavlovian and Express Kid, who finished a nose apart in the race, are bound for another Kentucky Derby points race

Mary RampelliniFeb 18, 2026
No clear favorite in latest Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool

No clear favorite in latest Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool

Bettors made the “all others” entry in the fourth Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool the 9-2 favorite over 37 individual entries when the pool closed on Sunday night.

Matt HegartyFeb 16, 2026
Mesquite off the Kentucky Derby trail with injury

Mesquite off the Kentucky Derby trail with injury

Mesquite, runner-up in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes, is off the Kentucky Derby trail with what is suspected to be a soft-tissue injury, trainer Cherie DeVaux said Thursday.

David GreningFeb 12, 2026
Kentucky Derby 2026: Unbeaten Golden Tempo keeps dream alive for Phipps family

Kentucky Derby 2026: Unbeaten Golden Tempo keeps dream alive for Phipps family

The Phipps Stable may no longer operate with the size and scope it once did, but it still is very much an active participant in Thoroughbred racing. Its numbers may currently be the lightest they've been, but there is at least one colt who carries the hopes of getting this legendary stable back to the spring classics – Golden Tempo.

David GreningFeb 11, 2026
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 11, 2026

Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 11, 2026

One week after winning the Grade 3 Holy Bull with Nearly, Todd Pletcher won the Sam F. Davis with Renegade, who made a solid 3-year-old debut, closing on a Tampa Bay Downs track that favored forwardly placed runners. Pletcher will look to keep the momentum rolling Saturday with Courting in the Grade 2 Risen Star.

David GreningFeb 11, 2026
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo

Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo

Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo

Nicole RussoFeb 11, 2026
Paladin the individual favorite in fourth Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool

Paladin the individual favorite in fourth Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool

Paladin, the winner of the 2025 Remsen Stakes, has been made a tepid 8-1 favorite among the 39 individual horses included in the fourth pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Matt HegartyFeb 10, 2026
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Nearly

Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Nearly

Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Nearly

Nicole RussoFeb 04, 2026
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 4, 2026

Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 4, 2026

Nearly opens as the 10-1 favorite on the Derby Watch Top 20 after a dominant 5 3/4-length victory last Saturday in the Grade 3 Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park. He has now won three straight races after a head-scratching debut and will point to the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 28.

David GreningFeb 04, 2026
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