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The Kentucky Derby is so wide open that at least a half-dozen horses have a legitimate chance to win the first leg of the ...

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With Illinois racing at an all-time low in terms of popularity and prestige, nostalgic die-hard fans searching for an upper can look back to the spring of 1970 and celebrate the 56th anniversary of ...

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The Road to the Roses is over, and now the spotlight shifts to Churchill Downs, where the 152nd Kentucky Derby is ready to take over Louisville in all its glorious chaos. From the buzz of the post ...

The Kentucky Derby draw for the 152nd Run for the Roses took place on Saturday afternoon. Here's a look at the post positions and odds. Renegade is one of the clear favorites. He's trained by Todd ...

I first wrote about the importance of 12-second furlongs and the Kentucky Derby for BloodHorse back in 2004. Since then, my findings have been mostly confined to a subscription page at The Downey ...

We're off to the races! The 152nd Kentucky Derby is nearly here, which means extravagant hats and mint juleps are on their way. The Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuously-held sporting event in ...

Early forecasts for the 2026 Kentucky Derby and Oaks predict a chance of rain, a common occurrence for the events. The 2025 Kentucky Derby and Oaks both experienced rainy and stormy weather conditions ...

The 152nd Kentucky Derby is less than two weeks away.The prep races are complete and nearly all of the expected entries have just one work left before being ready to go in this year’s Run for the ...

The long, rich history of the Kentucky Derby (G1) stretches back more than 150 years to its inaugural running in 1875. By reviewing decades of Kentucky Derby results for commonalities uniting past ...