Sat, 04/25/2026 - 14:40
Churchill Downs
Saturday, April 25
Weather: Hazy
Temperature: 58°
Track: Fast
DRF Past Performances
Skip to main content
Sat, 04/25/2026 - 14:39
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Renegade was among the last of the Kentucky Derby starters to arrive on the grounds when his van from Florida came through the Churchill Downs gates around 2:45 a.m. Saturday.
About 12 hours later, Renegade was the second name called at the post-position draw, at which he was matched up with post 1. There was no truth to the rumor that his connections planned to put Renegade back on a van headed for Maryland and the Preakness in three weeks.
Sat, 04/25/2026 - 12:52
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The mood around the Brad Cox barn a week before Kentucky Derby 152 was much more upbeat than it was the week before Kentucky Derby 151.
On Saturday, Cox put all three of his Kentucky Derby hopefuls – Commandment, Further Ado, and Fulleffort – through their final workouts at Churchill Downs and as well as they all went, the best part was they all seemed to come out of it sound and healthy.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The field for next Saturday’s Kentucky Derby underwent a slight revision just hours before the post-position draw as Chip Honcho was removed from consideration, opening up a spot for Litmus Test to join the field.
The Derby attracted 24 entrants, though only 20 will be permitted to run. Four horses were placed on the also-eligible list and will need a scratch by 9 a.m. Friday in order to get into the field.
Fri, 04/24/2026 - 14:43
CHURCHILL DOWNS
Friday, April 24
Weather: Sunny
Temp. 67°
Track: Fast
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 2026 Churchill Downs spring meeting does not open until Saturday but there was plenty of action out on the racetrack Friday morning, especially during the 7:15-7:30 workout window reserved for Kentucky Derby and Oaks hopefuls, their workmates, and 2025 Derby winner Sovereignty.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If So Happy were a professional athlete, he might be akin to Allen Iverson, the NBA All-Star who had a disdain for practice.
Practice? Don’t talk to So Happy about practice.
“You wouldn’t buy him out of a sale breezing,” Mike Smith, the Hall of Fame jockey who has been So Happy’s regular rider, said Friday morning.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario—Hall of Famer Patrick Husbands, one of Canada’s most decorated jockeys, has announced his retirement from riding races.
A native of Bridgetown, Barbados, Husbands, 52, has been a cornerstone of Canadian Thoroughbred racing since 1994, becoming a fan favorite and the go-to rider for major races. Over the course of his career, he amassed more than 3,700 victories, won several Woodbine riding titles, and captured eight Sovereign Awards as Canada’s outstanding jockey.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Michael and Jules Iavarone and Ira Rothblut’s TCC Stables have acquired an interest in Kentucky Derby contender The Puma. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed at this time.
Both Iavarone and The Puma’s team, led by trainer Gustavo Delgado and his son Gustavo Jr., will both be seeking their second Derby victories. Iavarone won the Derby in 2008 with Big Brown, the Delgados three years ago with Mage.
Iavarone had been offered an opportunity to buy into Mage in 2003 but passed. He made it clear that he would not make that mistake again.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Silent Tactic finished four lengths behind Renegade in the Arkansas Derby four weeks ago, but it felt like the gap between the two 3-year-olds was larger than that.
Mark Casse, the trainer of Silent Tactic, understands his horse has to run better than he did that day to compete with Renegade but he believes his horse will run better.
Casse said that he and his team were nursing Silent Tactic through a bruised foot in the four weeks between the Grade 2 Rebel – in which Silent Tactic was beaten a nose by Class President – and the Arkansas Derby.
Christophe Clement and John Shirreffs, two elite trainers who plied their trade successfully at the highest level right up until the time of their deaths, were elected into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, it was announced Thursday.
Clement and Shirreffs, each of whom had been on the ballot numerous times when they were alive, were two of 11 new inductees who will be enshrined during a ceremony in Saratoga Springs on Aug. 7. Clement and Shirreffs were elected in the Contemporary category as was the champion sprinter Kona Gold.