Ted Noffey, the champion 2-year-old male of 2025, is off the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve trail.

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his weekly Derby Dozen for 2026, with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 2.

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his inaugural Derby Dozen for 2026, with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 2.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux said earlier in the week that she would be a "little disappointed" if she did not have a strong contender in this spring's Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve.

While Sovereignty reigned over North American racing in 2025 — sweeping the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes w

Chip Honcho outran favored Liberty National and front runner Crown the Buckeye to win the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes for 2-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles Dec.

Further Ado followed up a striking maiden victory at Keeneland last month by producing a 1 3/4-length score in the $400,000 Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Nov. 29 at Churchill Downs.

When Magnitude romped by 9 ¾ lengths in the Feb. 15 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, he looked like a horse poised for success at Churchill Downs.

Preakness Stakes winner Journalism will race next year before he retires to stud at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, according to Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, one of the colt’s co-owners.

Having won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes, Sovereignty is the front-runner to earn the most coveted priz

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said Oct. 29 that Sovereignty, the leading contender for Horse of the Year, will not run in the Nov. 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic due to a fever.

The Grade 1 American Grand National Hurdle Stakes was the main event on Oct. 18 at Far Hills, where the day of racing in New Jersey was dominated by horses and humans from Ireland.