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Can Super Stock Keep Rising or Will Bubble Burst in Kentucky Derby?

Making the Grade, which will run through the 2021 Triple Crown races, focuses on the winners or top performers of the key races, usually from the previous weekend, who could make an impact on the Triple Crown. We’ll be taking a close look at impressive winners and evaluating their chances to win classic races based upon ability, running style, connections (owner, trainer, jockey), and pedigree.

America's Best Horses for April 12

Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. The poll will run weekly through June 5. Find out the latest 2021 top 3-year-old rankings below.

AMERICA’S TOP THOROUGHBREDS FOR APRIL 12, 2021

Fun Facts and Figures: Kentucky Derby by the Numbers

The 147th edition of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve returns in 2021 to its rightful place on the horse racing calendar on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs.

Super Stock Springs the Upset in Arkansas Derby

After a series of qualifying stakes that stretches back to September, the final prep of them all, the $1 million Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, brought down the curtain on the chase for spots in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and left one horse standing tall as a clear-cut favorite for the May 1 opening leg of the

King Fury Wins Lexington at 18-1

Trainer Ken McPeek picked up enough memories of the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes for a lifetime last year when his filly, Swiss Skydiver, beat the boys in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.

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