Kentucky Derby News

Heather French Henry, the 2000 pageant winner and wife of the former Kentucky lt.

The Cary Page Rotary Club held its first annual Kentucky Derby Party fundraiser on May 4. Participants bought chances on the first, second and third place horses; music was provided by a bluegrass group from Westwood Baptist Church; and a low country shrimp boil was served.

Finishing second in the Kentucky Derby in the slop proved to be extremely taxing for Golden Soul.

Golden Soul, runner-up to Orb in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands , was scheduled to breeze at Churchill Downs on the morning of May 25 but trainer Dallas Stewart delayed the work for another few days.

By all means, bring your straw hat to the storied Kugler-Anderson Memorial Tour of Somerville on Monday, also known as the Kentucky Derby of cycling.

The race leading up to the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation's Best Bites fundraiser hit the track Thursday, as hospital officials and volunteers announced the theme of this year's event with all the fanfare of the Kentucky Derby.

Rod Ratcliff, arguably the most powerful man in Indiana's high-stakes gambling industry, suffered a big blow when state lawmakers shot down his proposal to allow live table games at the two horse-track casinos his company owns.

"Fremont Veterinary Hospital is proud to have Dr. Korte join their team and looks forward to the opportunities that this relationship will extend to the horseman and the equine companies," a press release said.

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Always in a Tiz, ninth in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial in his last start, is being pointed to the $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 8, part-owner and New York Racing Association board member Anthony Bonomo said Friday.

From the stables to the tracks, people across the United States are already talking about this year's Triple Crown.

Curious about the style extravaganza that is the Kentucky Derby, I packed up a dress and a couple of pairs of heels and headed for Louisville on May 3. After years of taking in the Indianapolis 500 and pondering its fashion statement, or lack thereof, I thought I'd gather some evidence for this year's version of my dress-up-for-the-indy-500 plea.

Using the state's Kentucky Proud logo to indicate Kentucky-bred thoroughbreds in racetrack programs may soon become a permanent fixture.

Ruthless was the first, in 1867. Whitney would also win the Kentucky Derby with a filly, Regret, in 1915.

Hoping to add to their collections of thousands, the Indianapolis-area pair was first in line at a Kentucky Derby eve charity event in Louisville earlier this month.

The Bowie Baysox, the former team of current Orioles stars like Manny Machado and Matt Wieters, will host "A Night at the Races Saturday", May 25 at Prince George's Stadium as the Baysox "'Studs" face the Trenton Thunder at 6:35 p.m. For this blogger it will cap-off a perfect racing day that starts with an afternoon spent at Pimlico enjoying a card ... (more)

Kentucky Derby winner Orb took a significant first step toward a possible start in the June 8 Belmont Stakes and a rematch with Preakness winner Oxbow with a strong one-mile gallop Thursday morning over a sealed, good Belmont Park main track.

Rosie Napravnik will get another shot at history in the Belmont Stakes - just aboard a different horse than in her previous two Triple Crown races.

The 138th running of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown went to the 15-1 shot Oxbow and not to the 3-4 favorite and our choice, Orb.

Sports fans, another week has come and gone. As May reaches the mid-way point, seniors at Lincoln County High School are officially off-campus and are eagerly awaiting this coming Saturday.