Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen starts Iroquois Stakes (G3) winner Spice Runner and dominant allowance winner Soldier N Diplomat in the Nov. 29 Kentucky Jockey Club at 1 1/16 miles on the Churchill Downs main track.

Greg Wolf & Paul Verderosa look ahead at the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes & the Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Ted Noffey, the presumptive champion 2-year-old male of 2024 after a 4-for-4 campaign that culminated with a victory in the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar, will take things "very easy" this month, trainer Todd Pletcher said.

Fans will have their second of six opportunities to bet on the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) Nov. 27-30 with Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

Siblings or half siblings of the past three editions of the Preakness Stakes (G1) will be offered at the 104th edition of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale Aug. 4-5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

After winning a maiden route at Keeneland Oct. 10 by 20 lengths, Spendthrift Farm's Further Ado makes a highly anticipated stakes debut Nov. 29 against six juvenile rivals in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs.

Jose Santos Jr., the son of 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Funny Cide's rider Jose Santos, is the agent for Christopher Elliott, son of 2004 Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones' rider Stewart Elliott.

Churchill Downs Racetrack has revealed the official mint julep glass and "Art of the Kentucky Derby" for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby (G1). Both were designed by Kentucky native Grayson Reynolds.

John and Debby Oxley's breeding exploits produced 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) victor Sierra Leone, one of the headliners in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

Twenty stakes races worth a total of nearly $4 million will highlight Turfway Park's winter/spring meet, anchored by the 55th running of the $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) Saturday, March 21.

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that 1997 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, Touch Gold, has been euthanized at the age of 31 due to the infirmities of old age.

Tickets for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby will go on sale on Nov. 13 at noon ET. The 2026 race will be run on Saturday, May 2.

Blackout Time, scratched by regulatory veterinarians from the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar, remains targeted toward races next year leading to the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, trainer Kenny McPeek said.

Emulating the same move that carried Sovereignty to victory in last year's Street Sense Stakes (G3), Pin Oak Stud's Incredibolt placed himself on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail Oct. 26 at Churchill Downs.