Thorpedo Anna went wire-to-wire to top a group of 14 fillies to win a historic 150th edition of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks on Friday evening at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The Oaks — a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies that is run the day before the Kentucky Derby at Churchill — was contested over a sloppy ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The transfer portal may be all the rage in college athletics, but not in horse racing. Not this Kentucky Derby anyway.

In year three of his Churchill Downs suspension, trainer Bob Baffert isn’t in Louisville. And neither is his top 3-year-old, Muth, all because the colt’s owner refused to transfer his impressive horse to...Read more

The historic 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby will be the fifth to use a custom-made, 65-foot starting gate to house the Derby field prior to the start of the race.

Specifically designed for the Kentucky Derby, the special starting gate made its debut in 2020, with the goal of eliminating any disadvantages that came with the previous two-...Read more

The 150th Kentucky Derby is scheduled for a post time of 6:57 p.m. Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and official betting on the race began Friday morning.

Florida Derby winner Fierceness was established as the favorite in the morning line odds, but Blue Grass Stakes winner Sierra Leone was not far behind by the time betting opened ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's really quite simple. If you're in horse racing, regardless of your job or position, you want to get to the Kentucky Derby. But the reality is very few make it.

Phil D'Amato has won multiple training titles at Santa Anita and Del Mar. He's had 32 starts in the Breeders' Cup. He's missing only one thing from his rather ...Read more

The naming of racehorses can be a fun game and an esoteric exercise that peeks deep into pedigrees and wordplay for inspiration. Take for example, Sierra Leone. One of his owners, Peter Brant, nodded to his sire, Gun Runner, because the African nation is known as a center of arms dealing.

West Paces Racing, named for a road in Atlanta, was ...Read more

For the jockeys contesting the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs, there is a little something extra at stake.

This year’s Run for the Roses is the 150th renewal of North America’s marquee horse race. The jockey who wins will join a select group of riders who earned victory in “numerical milestone” runnings of ...Read more

The post position draw for this year’s 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby took place Saturday night at Churchill Downs in Louisville a full week before the running of the race this weekend.

As such, plenty of time has been and will be devoted to analyzing the pairing of horse and starting gate for the $5 million event.

Fierceness — the 5-...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — According to most horse racing handicappers, Kentucky Derby 150 has a pair of potential superstars in morning-line favorite Fierceness and second-choice Sierra Leone.

The favorite doesn’t always win the Kentucky Derby, however. In fact, we’ve gone five straight years in which the post-time favorite failed to make it to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Minds were blown when former Dodgers outfielder Jayson Werth agreed to a seven-year, $126 million free-agent contract with the Washington Nationals during the 2010 winter meetings.

So much money! So many years!

General managers gnashed their teeth. Another example of agent Scott Boras hoodwinking one of their own, they said. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The biggest long-shot winner in the Kentucky Derby’s 149-year history was Donerail, who won “The Run for the Roses” in 1913 at 91-1 odds.

A $2 win bet paid $184.90 on the horse after its half-length win at Churchill Downs over front-running favorite Ten Point.

The next four horses with the longest odds ever to win the Derby...Read more

We are deep into an age of parity for the Triple Crown series. Fifteen horses have won the 15 runnings of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes since Justify won all three races in 2018.

Every spring brings hope for a new star, even when the headlines around thoroughbred racing’s most glamorous events seem to focus more on ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby 150, just like 149 and 148, will be run without trainer Bob Baffert, the most recognizable name in the sport, even to those who don't follow it. And, for the first time, none of his horses were moved to other trainers, meaning the race won't have all the best horses in it.

The overwhelming number of people who...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A little after 6 p.m. on Saturday, Resilience will be pulled from his stall in Barn 19 and readied for the walk from the backside to the paddock at Churchill Downs. He'll be accompanied by his trainer, Bill Mott, who will make the walk for the 11th time with his 13th entrant in the Kentucky Derby.

Also in tow will be owners ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When horses shuffle into the starting gate for the historic 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, one man’s voice will narrate the monumental event to millions of viewers at home.

Since 2011, Larry Collmus has been the race announcer for the Kentucky Derby for NBC Sports, which means...Read more

SAN DIEGO — In the late-1990s, the Del Mar media relations crew would offer writers gifts that included futures tickets for the track's Futurity winner at the following year's Kentucky Derby.

So Dan Smith, whom the press box is now named after, and Mac McBride drew out $500 from track coffers, drove to Las Vegas and snapped up $10 win tickets...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Among the plethora of factors to consider when making a Kentucky Derby bet are the bloodlines of the horses.

Handicappers will consider a horse’s sire to evaluate how the horse might run on different surfaces and what race length suits it best among other factors. To help you make your 2024 Kentucky Derby pick, here is a ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The $2.3 million thoroughbred colt Sierra Leone can check a couple of important Kentucky Derby boxes on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Box 1 belongs to the Blue Grass Stakes. No winner of Keeneland Race Course’s Grade 1 Kentucky Derby prep race has continued on to win the roses since trainer Nick Zito’s Strike the Gold ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Derby field is official and we’re just days away from dreams being fulfilled for one horse’s owners.

Just getting a contender into the 20-horse starting gate for Saturday’s race is a tall order, much less winning. For most, making it to Louisville for the race is the culmination of years of dreams and ...Read more