SportsLine horse racing writer Gene Menez reveals his Risen Star Stakes 2025 picks after evaluating the contenders ...

The Churchill Downs Road to the Kentucky Derby series ups the ante this weekend, as the Risen Star Stakes is the first leg of ...

Mystik Dan as a live longshot in last year's Kentucky Derby, has identified his five best futures plays for this year's Run ...

The road to the Kentucky Derby heats up Saturday with the first of the final major prep races, the 2025 Risen Star Stakes at ...

Though only a G2 race, the Risen Star has arguably had a more recent impact on the Kentucky Derby than any G1 prep. The last ...

East Avenue will be making his 2025 debut as the favorite in the field of 10 3-year-old colts in the Risen Star Stakes on ...

PM EST (12:00 PM CT) with a full slate of races, including key Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks prep races. The excitement ...

The field also includes Jonathan's Way , who won the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at the one-turn mile distance in September at ...

Grade 3 winner Jonathan's Way will have his 3-year-old debut postponed and will not run in Saturday's Grade 2 Risen Star ...

As the top prep races approach for the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs, we take a look at 20 of the top horses on the trail.

Rigney Racing's Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Jonathan's Way is settling into Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots for the winter, and trainer Phil Bauer has a target on the Feb. 15 Risen Star Stakes (G2) ...

Jockey Martin Garcia is congratulated by trainer Bob Baffert, right, after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile race on day one ...