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It would be virtually impossible for a broodmare to have two Kentucky Derby starters in the same year; the race is, of course, only for 3-year-olds, and surviving, thriving twins are rare in horses. But the pensioned broodmare Darling My Darling has found a way to get her name into this year's lineup twice.
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Gun Runner and Justify were both brilliant on the track, earning Horse of the Year honors. The two 2024 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductees will be represented by runners in this year's Kentucky Derby.
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The influence of the late, great Storm Cat can't be overstated. Five of this year's Kentucky Derby entrants carry his blood via direct male line. One of those is Resilience, by leading sire Into Mischief, a great-grandsire of Storm Cat.
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Puca is looking to make Kentucky Derby history when her son Dornoch starts in next Saturday's spring classic. In a century and a half, no broodmare has ever produced multiple winners of the race. Puca, the dam of 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage, makes the attempt with that colt's full brother.
After discussions between partners, Olivier was scratched from the Keeneland April horses of racing age sale, and owner Jane Lyon brought the gelding back to his birthplace, Summer Wind in Georgetown, Ky., to be retired.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Just Steel
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All eyes will be on Leslie’s Rose as the filly, winner of one of the deepest prep races assembled this spring, starts in the Kentucky Oaks on May 3.
Australian champion Lonhro, a leading sire for Darley’s Southern Hemisphere operations who also shuttled to the United States for three seasons, has died at the age of 25, his ownership reported on Friday.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Encino
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Resilience will try to add to the accomplishments of prominent owner and breeder Marty Wygod posthumously when he goes postward in the Kentucky Derby. The Wood Memorial winner is from one of the best families cultivated by Wygod, who died April 11 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., near his home in Rancho Santa Fe. He was 84.
