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2025 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at a Glance

The all-weather runners will get their chance to accrue Kentucky Derby qualifying points Saturday with the running of the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. Contested on the all-weather Tapeta Footings surface, the stakes attracted an overflow field of 14 and will award the top five finishers Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve points on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale.

Kentucky Derby, heating up, cooling down, Sunland, Caldera, Getaway Car, John Hancock, Sam F. Davis, Baeza, Shirreffs, Chunk of Gold, Risen Star, Magnitude, Asmussen, Disco Time, Jonathan’s Way, East Avenue, Bauer, Lukas

2025 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Feb. 18

This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they previously were.

In the third edition of this blog for the 2025 run for the roses, the focus is on the changing landscape of the 3-year-old male division after the last two weeks of action.

HEATING UP

Rebel Stakes, Oaklawn Park, Kentucky Derby, prep, Coal Battle, Admiral Dennis, Sandman, Hypnus, Madaket Road, Publisher, Dreaminblue, Innovator, Smoken Wicked, Bullard, Speed King, Brereton’s Baytown, Tiztastic, Hot Gunner

2025 Rebel Stakes Cheat Sheet

The road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winds its way back down to Hot Springs, Ark., Sunday for what shapes up to be a crucial prep race at Oaklawn Park.

2025 Kentucky Derby, Risen Star Stakes, Magnitude, Steve Asmussen

2025 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Risen Star Stakes Winner Magnitude

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule with stakes that offer qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

2025 Sunland Park Derby, Getaway Car, Caldera, road to the Kentucky Derby

Getaway Car Holds off Caldera to win Sunland Park Derby

Getaway Car held off a hard-trying Caldera in a thrilling photo finish to win the $400,000 Sunland Park Derby Feb. 16 at Sunland Park.

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