Many eyes will be on the racing in Kentucky with it being Kentucky Derby (G1) weekend, but don't sleep on racing in New York. The headline contest May 1 at Aqueduct Racetrack is the $175,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (G3T).
Owners who paid tariffs on horses imported to the United States in 2025 could be eligible for a refund of those payments following a Feb. 20 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Among the nine graduates of BloodHorse's Maiden Watch entered in the Kentucky Derby (G1) are the three favorites: Renegade, Further Ado, and Commandment.
On the April 28 episode of BloodHorse at the Derby: Byron King shares analysis of the race, Kate Hunter speaks on the Japanese horses' final works, Todd Pletcher reacts to Renegade's post position, and Liz Morris aims for history with Jaime Torres.
Imaginationthelady, a grade 2 winner and the slight 4-1 morning-line favorite, faces plenty of high-quality competition in the 1 1/16-mile Edgewood Stakes (G2T) on the turf for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.
As Churchill Downs' liaison to recruit and assist Japanese horses for the Kentucky Derby (G1), Kate Hunter doesn't mince words about her role and her goal.
Horsemen are plenty familiar with entering horses in races only to land on the also-eligible list, but hopes, concerns, and pressures rocket to another level when that also-eligible list is for the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1).