Paladin runs down free-running leader Chip Honcho to win the $495,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) Feb. 14 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Just when the Saudi Derby looked like a showdown between Japan and the United States, local boy Al Haram steals the show.

New owners Bradley and Sharon Kleven are hoping to take another big step down the Road to the Kentucky Derby with Express Kid, who they bought for $800,000 in January.

Wagering on Lecomte Stakes (G3) runner-up Mesquite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been suspended due to a suspected soft tissue injury that removed him from Kentucky Derby consideration.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and WinStar Farm

The Saudi Derby (G3) is a new addition to the Churchill Downs competitions seeking to lure foreigners to the Kentucky Derby (G1) but also has attracted some American 3-year-olds looking for an optional route to Louisville, Ky.

Tickets and hospitality offerings for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at historic Saratoga Race Course will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 12 at BelmontStakes.com.

In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Talk to Me Jimmy and Silent Tactic earned wins on the Road to the Kentucky Derby for sires with their first 3-year-olds in 2026.

Here's a Triple Crown question for you. Who is the only undefeated, grade 1-winning on dirt 3-year-old still in training for the Kentucky Derby? No cheating.

If a Chad Brown-trained 3-year-old son of Gun Runner lining up for the Risen Star Stakes (G2) feels familiar, it's for good reason. Sierra Leone took that path two years ago, and now Paladin is following suit.

BloodHorse news editor Byron King reviews Silent Tactic's come-from-behind victory in the Feb. 6 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the latest rankings in the Derby Dozen.

Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

With Kentucky Derby (G1) preps in full swing, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top 3-Year-Old Poll was bound to welcome some new faces. John Oxley's Silent Tactic jumped to sixth place with his win in the Feb. 6 Southwest Stakes (G3).

Paladin is the 8-1 individual morning-line favorite and "All Other 3-Year-Olds" not named within the 39 individual interests as the overall 4-1 choice in the latest Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

On the Feb. 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Mark Casse recaps a successful weekend at Oaklawn Park highlighted by victories from Silent Tactic, Search Party, and Nitrogen. BloodHorse bloodstock editor Eric Mitchell previews new stallions for 2026.

Plutarch, who had placed in three stakes, including two on the turf, proved best of Bob Baffert's three entrants and defeated Intrepido to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher continued his supremacy in the $210,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) prep for a record-extending eighth time with 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) runner-up Renegade.

2025 Breeders' Futurity (G1) runner-up Blackout Time is targeting the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 1 at Oaklawn Park for his 3-year-old debut, co-owner Lance Gasaway said Feb. 7

After running a quiet second in the Jan. 3 Smarty Jones Stakes, Silent Tactic announced his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials with a devastating rally and widening victory in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Oaklawn Park.

Recent times have been difficult for trainer Rudy Rodriguez, but there was a much different feeling Feb. 6 as he watched the stretch run of the $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.