Now far more white than his namesake silver, Silver Charm celebrated his 32nd birthday in February at Old Friends Farm in Georgetown.

The oldest living Kentucky Derby winner is now just more than a year from Count Fleet’s record as the longest-lived Derby winner ever. Silver Charm is one of 21 living Derby winners.

Many of the living Derby ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Always a Runner won a historic 152nd running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks on Friday night under the lights and beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Jose Ortiz, Always a Runner captured the signature race for 3-year-old fillies over a field of 13 ...Read more

For the third time during Kentucky Derby week, there’s been a change to the expected race field.

On Friday morning, Right to Party scratched out of the Derby due to lameness in his right front leg.

This moves Robusta — who began the week third on the also-eligible list for the race — into the Derby field.

Robusta — who is trained by ...Read more

Bob Baffert is flying under the radar as this year’s Kentucky Derby creeps closer.

That’s an unusual spot for the famed 73-year-old trainer to be in at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Last year marked Baffert’s return to the Run for the Roses after being away for three years. The context surrounding that absence — Baffert won the 2021 ...Read more

Those looking for a handicapping edge in Saturday night’s Grade 1, $5 million Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville should look to the top of the odds board, then disregard it.

The Derby is currently in a dry spell when it comes to favorites winning the race.

It’s been eight years since the post-time favorite has won the Derby. ...Read more

The 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby appears to be a wide-open race.

And that was the general sentiment before the 4-1 morning-line favorite, Renegade, drew the No. 1 post position, which hasn’t produced a Derby winner since Ferdinand won from the rail in 1986.

That’ll be 40 years of history for the Arkansas Derby winner to overcome ...Read more

Among the roster of jockeys expected to ride in the 2026 Kentucky Derby are five previous winners and seven first-time riders.

Yet the most motivated competitor riding in the 152nd Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs will likely come from neither the prior winners nor the first timers.

It likely is one of the following four riders.

There are...Read more

Each year in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby, chatter that fills the early-morning air on the backside at Churchill Downs.

There’s scuttlebutt on everything from a how a horse appears while feeding and resting in the barn to how a thoroughbred looks while training on the track ahead of the Grade 1, $5 million race.

Sometimes, the talk is ...Read more

It was a mixed bag of news for gray horse enthusiasts in the days leading up to the 2026 Kentucky Derby.

On Wednesday, Great White was added to the field from the also-eligible list after the scratch of Silent Tactic, giving the field three gray horses. But one day later, Brad Cox-trained Fulleffort was scratched, dropping the number back to ...Read more

Another horse has scratched from the expected Kentucky Derby field.

On Thursday morning, it was announced that Fulleffort won’t be running in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The news was publicized by the Kentucky Derby’s official accounts on social media.

According to David Grening of the Daily Racing Form, ...Read more

This past weekend, post positions were drawn for the 2026 edition of the Grade 1, $5 million Kentucky Derby, to be run Saturday night at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

And right from the start of the post-position draw, there was drama.

Renegade, the eventual 4-1 morning-line favorite, was the second horse given a post position and drew No...Read more

It’s almost time for the 2026 Kentucky Derby, which will be run Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., and the 152nd running of the race appears to be fairly wide open.

Arkansas Derby winner Renegade is the morning-line favorite at 4-1 odds, but he drew the No. 1 post position, which hasn’t produced a winner since Ferdinand in 1986...Read more

Kate Hunter wants to disrupt the norms of the Kentucky Derby.

In fact, there’s nothing she’d rather do than help create a seismic change in a cherished American sports tradition.

Hunter, among other duties, serves as a Japanese representative for Churchill Downs. She works closely with the Japanese horses who take part in the Kentucky ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The road to the Kentucky Derby, the biggest race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds in America, if not the world, starts right here in the Bluegrass.

Kentucky is not the “Horse Capital of the World” because the Kentucky Derby just happens to be here.

It’s the horse capital of the world because almost all the contenders for ...Read more

If purchase price were the most important indicator of a horse’s racing success, there would be a runaway favorite for the 2026 Kentucky Derby.

But the betting favorites do not include the most expensive horse in the field.

That distinction goes to Bob Baffert-trained Potente, who was purchased for $2.4 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky Derby fans looking for a special bottle for the big race day on May 2 have a lot of choices, including one that bourbon lovers line up for every year.

While fans flock to Buffalo Trace in Frankfort every day for limited releases,, the distillery traditionally sees its busiest day of the year on Oaks Day, the Friday ...Read more

Riley Mott knows how this will sound, so he offers a qualifier beforehand.

A charismatic young trainer who is set to make his Kentucky Derby debut on Saturday, Mott says he’s not trying to be bold or cocky when explaining that he’s not surprised to be in this position.

Mott, 34, has two horses in this year’s Run for the Roses, as Albus ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It has rained on each of the last four Kentucky Derby race days, according to the National Weather Service, but an early forecast for this Saturday projects for that streak will come to an end.

The Kentucky Derby is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 2, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The NWS’ seven-day forecast for ...Read more