Nine horses will vie for 21 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification points in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn ...

The Global Campaign colt’s part-owners include Brent and Sharilyn Gasaway, who bred and raced Kentucky Derby winner Mystik ...

John Oxley's homebred Noble Bird colt took charge entering the lane and widened away to earn 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying ...

A talented and well-matched field of nine recently turned three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on ...

Strategic Risk has developed into a serious Kentucky Derby contender and his dominant win in the Smarty Jones Stakes at ...

Roughly four months before the summit meeting at Churchill Downs, horse owner John Oxley has two contenders for the 152nd Kentucky Derby and time to find reinforcements.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues this Saturday with the 19th running of the Smarty Jones Stakes, the first Derby prep ...

Strategic Risk launched a sustained rally into the far turn that would see him seize the lead near the quarter pole, draw ...

As happens after the collective Jan. 1 birthday for horses bred north of the equator, racing centers on the 3-year-old ...

One year ago, the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park served as the introduction to the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail for eventual winner Mystik Dan . Eight newly turned 3-year-olds will attempt to embark ...

Winning the Kentucky Derby automatically elevates a thoroughbred to star status, but even trainer John Servis is surprised at the reaction to Smarty Jones, especially in Bensalem, Pa., where the colt ...

Smarty Jones ran his record to 7-for-7 and became the first unbeaten Derby winner since Seattle Slew in 1977. Seattle Slew went on to win the Triple Crown, a feat Smarty Jones will attempt when he ...