The dust has settled on the 43rd Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland Race Course, and results from the event have drastically changed the Equibase leaderboard tabulating 2026 North American earnings for horses, jockeys, and trainers.
Won by some of the sport’s greatest 3-year-old fillies, Saturday’s Mother Goose Stakes has a long and storied history. The former Grade 1 race will now return to the new Belmont Park after being hosted by Aqueduct the past three seasons.
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule from which racehorses earn points toward qualifying for the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 1, 2027, at Churchill Downs.
With another Breeders’ Cup in the books, the big-race spotlight this month focuses primarily on Belmont Park, Del Mar, and Churchill Downs before winter staples such as Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet,