The 1941 Kentucky Derby featured Mr. Longtail, Whirlaway, the first of Calumet Farm’s eight winners and the first of their ...

A field of eight two-year-old runners will go 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Fair Grounds in Saturday’s $100,000 Gun Runner S.

Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day raises his hands in a gesture commemorated in a statue of him at Churchill Downs after receiving ...

Dust off your seersucker suits and your frilly hats because the 2025 Kentucky Derby is happening on Saturday, May 3. While more than 100,000 Derby enthusiasts will be donning pastel duds and drinking ...

Twenty years ago this summer, the ashes of Louisville’s most revered writer were fired out of a cannon at his Woody Creek, Colorado, home. Hunter S. Thompson had shot himself the preceding winter, ...

Churchill Downs Racetrack has revealed the official Mint Julep Glass and "Art of the Kentucky Derby" for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve -- both designed by ...

Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Kentucky Derby, which will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Seating options range from general admission infield tickets to premium reserved seats with varying ...

The official Road to the Kentucky Derby will begin Sept. 13 at the home of America's greatest race as Churchill Downs stages the 44th running of the $300,000 Iroquois (G3) for 2-year-olds at one mile ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danny Brewer has been covering Thoroughbred racing since 2006. 3/22/2025 - Tiztastic with Joel Rosario aboard wins the 112th ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Derby Festival released dates for its signature events for the 2026 season. Each year, KDF hosts more than 70 events that lead up to the Kentucky Derby. "As each ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at last weekend's Kentucky Derby has been issued a fine and suspension for striking the 3-year-old colt with his riding crop an excessive amount during the ...

Saturday’s live coverage of the 151st Kentucky Derby delivered its largest audience for NBC since 1989 with an average of 17.7 million viewers. Viewership of the race peaked at 21.8 million viewers, a ...