Kentucky Derby News

Duck Farts isn't the only unusual scent to come out of Kentucky this year. Fried chicken candles introduced by KentuckyforKentucky.com were an instant hit when they became available in November.

's 57-day meet that begins Friday, Jan. 10 will offer more than $20 million in purses and 31 stakes, highlighted by the 78th running of the $1 million Arkansas Derby April 12. Oaklawn's 3-year-old stakes program is one of the most successful in the nation.

Charles Town, WV - The richest race in the United States outside the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup will once again be run in the spring.

Fifteen vendors from Louisville and Southern Indiana will offer wares at the first Muhammad Ali Center Downtown Holiday Marketplace from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

The winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies doesn't know she's competing against girls, just knows she wants to beat other runners, owner Ron Paolucci said.

Zito, who built his Hall of Fame career on success in the Triple Crown, ruled the day in Saturday's $1 million Claiming Crown by saddling Nevada Kid for a victory in the $200,000 Jewel, the last and richest of eight races run in honor of Thoroughbred racing's most enduring competitors, the claiming horse.

Horse racing fans have two minutes of excitement every May with their Kentucky Derby.

When reviewing young stallions over the last couple years, we've noted more than once that we were entering a crucial juncture with regard to the lasting impact of , at least as a sire of sires.

New Orleans, LA - Senior citizen trainer Tom McCarthy made a name for himself in 2009 by winning the Blue Grass Stakes with the only horse in his stable.

The Horse of the Year race has gone from a slam dunk to a three-horse chase after Will Take Charge's stirring victory over Game On Dude in last Friday's $500,000 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs.

The acoUstiKats, the all-male a capella group at the University of Kentucky, is competing on NBC's The Sing-Off this season, which debuts Monday.

Championship Meet will take place Dec. 7 with the Claiming Crown, a collection of eight stakes races worth a total of $1 million.

The 76-day meet will have a total of $20 million in purses and a daily average of $250,000.

Even though a large number of teams are taking the weekend off, The Line King doesn't have that luxury, he still has to performplus, we have the Breeder's Cup to enjoy something that dishes out crowns based on head-to-head competition.

It has loads of suspense which I love in books. When Laura and Tariq go to Kentucky in America, a mysterious person steals one of the best horses in Kentucky just before the Kentucky Derby .

This past Saturday Churchill Downs completed its first futures pool for the 2014 Kentucky Derby .

The movie "50 to 1" about the Kentucky Derby-winning horse from New Mexico will soon hit the big screen.

The racing season for Rick Pitino's Goldencents is over, but not forgotten. He had a very long, and very successful year out in California.

Steve Haskin, senior correspondent for The Blood-Horse , will discuss his insight and thoughts on the top horses of 2013 in a series of podcasts that begin this week and will culminate the week of the Jan. 18 Eclipse Awards.

The Ruffian Equine Medical Center in Elmont is closed. It had received a break on Hempstead Town taxes, but failed anyway.