Lots of sponsors, lots of music, and lots of alcohol were the characteristics of the infield at the 2026 Kentucky Derby.

I was sailing through Churchill Downs aimlessly, chasing a white whale of a story as a first-time Kentucky Derby attendee whose job was to find interesting sights and scenes. It was all new to me — ...

Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby, and this week I had the chance to speak with Louisville native and comedian Katherine Blanford. Blanford is no stranger to the Derby, having attended horse racing's ...

— the Kentucky Derby infield crowd. “Until you go to the Kentucky Derby you ain’t never been nowhere and you ain’t never seen nothing.” — Irwin S. Cobb, Humorist, newspaperman from Paducah, KY. This ...

Kentucky Derby 2026 is coming May 2. See countdown clock. The Kentucky Derby purse will be $5 million, with the winner getting $3.1 million. See how you can watch the Kentucky Derby if you can't be ...

The "Greatest Two Minutes in Sports," the 2026 Kentucky Derby, is set for its 152nd Run for the Roses and the first Triple Crown race of the season. The race is set for Saturday, May 2, at Churchill ...

Attending the Kentucky Derby is a bucket list item for many, and for good reason. The race itself may only last two minutes, but race day is a party at Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs' proximity to a ...

Renegade, the 4-1 favorite for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, will start in the first post position for the May 2 race that will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock. The Todd Pletcher-trained ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Can the Kentucky Derby be everything for everyone? Probably not. But can it live somewhere between what it was and what it's become? A man leaned against the rail Saturday, ...

The Kentucky Derby has evolved from a local Louisville celebration into a global, corporate-driven event. The event has become overly commercialized, expensive and has lost its authentic, local ...