In each of the last three years, full fields of 20 have contested the Kentucky Derby. Invariably, a horse or two is excluded from the starting lineup, but none comes to memory that qualifies as a miscarriage of propriety resultant from the rule that establishes earnings in graded stakes as the deciding...

TOP STORIES: PYRO JOGS MILE ON RETURN TO CHURCHILL DOWNS CHANGE IN WORK PLANS FOR RECAPTURETHEGLORY TALE OF EKATI ZIPS IN KEENELAND WORK ADRIANO – Lane’s End (GII) winner Adriano was one of the last Kentucky Derby hopefuls on the track Wednesday morning, coming on to the track at 9:20 and schooling in...

Charles E. Fipke's homebred TALE OF EKATI (Tale of the Cat) and champion War Pass (Cherokee Run) were both hoping to restore the luster to their tarnished reputations in Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (GI) at Aqueduct. read more

Regardless of what nugget of insight might be extracted from the weekend races for three-year-old prospective starters in the Kentucky Derby – we tend to expect more than we actually find in many of these -- there is the season’s first opportunity to evaluate two promising colts who will be making their...