The 153rd Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 1, 2027, at Churchill Downs, and the road there has already started. Our Road to the 2027 Kentucky Derby hub is your one-stop home for following it, and we update it every Monday.
What’s on the hub
- Points leaders from the official Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.
- Earnings leaders among the leaderboard horses.
- Free PPs for the top 20, each with a link to its free Equibase past performances and its official Kentucky Derby profile.
- Narrative past performances: the story of each leading contender, told through its form and its connections’ own words, with every quote linked to where it first ran. Fourteen horses so far, starting with unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Hughes.
- Upcoming points races, with dates and points on offer.
- Eric Solomon’s analysis of every key prep so far.
Our own In the Money figures are coming soon, too.
Daily to Derby returns January 1
Daily to Derby, our free daily Derby newsletter, is back on January 1, 2027, with the latest from the trail every day through the first Saturday in May. Sign up free:
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