Is Bob Baffert’s Horses Running at Lexington Stakes? All About Last Stop to Kentucky Derby

Is Bob Baffert’s Horses Running at Lexington Stakes? All About Last Stop to Kentucky Derby

For legendary trainers like Bob Baffert, competing in—and winning—the Kentucky Derby affirms his status among racing’s elite. His suspension barred him from participating in last year’s 150th Kentucky Derby, which ended in a dramatic photo finish. But he is back at Churchill Downs in 2025, eyeing to write a new history. However, one stop is left before the Run for the Roses on May 3. The Lexington Stakes race is planned for April 12. The G3 race…

FROM OFF THE PACE: Journalism, Burnham Square, and Rodriguez surge toward Derby’s starting gate

Three more for Louisville With their recent victories in the last three major prep races – Journalism at the Santa Anita Derby, Burnham Square at the Blue Grass stakes, and Rodriguez at the Wood Memorial – confirmed their reservations in the starting gate for the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby on May 3. All three preps were worth 100 points each to the winners, more than enough for these horses to make the Derby field. In one sense, this ye…

Keeneland: Bullard leads 9 rising 3-year-olds in Lexington

Bullard headlines a field of nine entered Saturday for the 43rd running of the $400,000 Lexington (G3) for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the main track.The Lexington is the final stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with 42 qualifying points available on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale to the first- through fifth-place finishers. It is unlikely that any of the runners in the Lexington will qualify for the Kentucky Derby on points, but the race could p…

Coal Battle and Company Settling In at Churchill Downs

Lonnie Briley's first starter at Churchill Downs came three years ago in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes on the Thursday of Derby week. Although his trainee Cool Spirit (Mor Spirit) broke a step slow and finished last, the experience left Briley with lasting memories of Louisville. “I tell you, when the horses took off running, it was like there was an airplane taking off,” Briley recalled with a soft-spoken Cajun drawl. “It was like a big roar, li…