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.
Tag: Racing
Power Rankings: Kentucky Derby Preps Are Done and Journalism is No. 1
Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.
2025 Lexington Stakes at a Glance
The Stonestreet Lexington Stakes generally offers a last chance for a 3-year-old prospect to move into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. Not this year.
Burnham Square Rallies to a Thrilling Win in Blue Grass Stakes
Eight years after they ran McCraken in the Kentucky Derby, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., trainer Ian Wilkes, and owner Janis Whitham of Whitham Thoroughbreds are Derby-bound again.