Wood Memorial Stakes & Santa Anita Derby: Picks, race entries, analysis & LIVE horse racing news
Rodriguez winning the 2025 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct (Photo by Coglianese Photos/Dom Napolitano)
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As we draw closer to Derby day the Road to the Kentucky Derby is heating up! While Keeneland's first set of weekend races were postponed for early this week due to severe weather moving through Kentucky, including the Blue Grass Stakes from Saturday to Tusday, we still have two key races along the Road to the Derby to look forward to — the Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby.
Stay with us all day as we cover all the major stakes races at Aqueduct and Santa Anita with expert picks, LIVE odds, breaking-news, promotional bonus offers, and much more.
We'll also be here next weekend as we give our all access live coverage of the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland as the last stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
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Welcome to our weekend full of live horse racing here!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this jam packed day of racing! Follow us next week as we journey to Keeneland to give you live coverage of the last stakes race before the Kentucky Dery, the Lexington. We'll be here for it all, including a live chat with our panel of experts the Friday before.
Join us again during the post drawing to get all the exclusive info to prepare for Derby! Get those hats our and prepare for Derby with us.
Journalism wins the Santa Anita Derby and will head to Churchill for the Kentucky Derby! See you in Kentucky Journalism!
The Kentucky Derby news and notes offers all of our coverage cultivated in one place! This resource is for those who want to bookmark and stay up to date with all the relevant information Kentucky Derby fans and horse-players would want to know from our leading experts.
Our sister sites, Brisnet.com and KentuckyDerby.com also have similar editor-curated content-aggregate posts to streamline our users’ hunt for the latest key information on the Fastest Five Minutes In Sports.
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This photo does say it all. What a close race!
We've made it to the end of the stakes race at Santa Anita with the Santa Anita Derby, and we are nearing the end of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Check out these LIVE odds below before placing your best bets.
The Dubai World Cup also took place earlier this morning! Here is Hit Show's grand performance winning the Dubai World Cup.
We'll see you in Kentucky!
Wood Memorial Race Schedule
| Distaff Stakes (G3) | 3:29 PM |
| Gazelle Stakes (G3) | 4:34 PM |
| Carter S. (G2) | 5:06 PM |
| Excelsior S. | 5:38 PM |
| Wood Memorial Stakes | 6:10 PM |
Santa Anita Derby Race Schedule
| Echo Eddie Stakes | 3:30 PM |
| Santa Anita Oaks | 4:30 PM |
| Monrovia (G3) | 5:00 PM |
| Evening Jewel Stakes | 5:30 PM |
| Santa Anita Derby (G1) | 7:30 PM |
Keeneland (Photo courtesy of Keeneland)
Horse Racing This Weekend: Key Races, Top Horses & Best Bets
The key horse races this week include some of the last 100 point Derby preps on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, offering some of our top horses and best bets this week, the Wood Memorial Stakes and the Santa Anita Derby with more great horse racing this weekend.
Keenland's Blue Grass Stakes will take place on Tuesday instead of Saturday due to severe weather throughout Kentucky. But we'll still provide you with LIVE odds and more surrounding the last 100 point race of the year toward the Kentucky Derby.
Also, this weekend we have the last pool of the Kentucky Derby Future wagers, which ends at 4:00 PM EST.
Fair Grounds and Turfway Park Race Results
Wood Memorial Stakes Results
| Distaff Stakes (G3) | Irish Maxima |
| Gazelle Stakes (G3) | Ballerina d'Oro |
| Carter S. (G2) | Crazy Mason |
| Excelsior S. | Phileas Fogg |
| Wood Memorial Stakes | Rodriguez |
Santa Antia Dery Results
| Echo Eddie Stakes | Style Cat |
| Santa Anita Oaks | Tenma |
| Monrovia (G3) | Queen Maxima |
| Evening Jewel Stakes | Om N Joy |
| Santa Anita Derby (G1) | Journalism |
Road to the Kentucky Derby race results
Wood Memorial Stakes Results
Rodriguez
Santa Anita Derby Results
Journalism
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