Kentucky Derby News

Brooke Sweetapple, left, brother Matthew and sister Sarah play baseball and softball at Fort Lauderdale, and they stand out in the classroom, too.

The two Kentucky Derby prep races last weekend were won on the front end as California Chrome and Ring Weekend secured their spots in the 140th Run for the Roses.

With now 52 days before Horse Racing's single biggest race in the country, if not the world, the 2014 Kentucky Derby, I made a few changes in this week's list.

My Wide World: Northampton's Scott King tracks his love of horse racing from the Three County Fairgrounds to the 2014 Kentucky Derby Ring Weekend won the Tampa Bay Derby as a 14-1 shot, qualifying for a spot in the 2014 Kentucky Derby.

Remsen Stakes winner Honor Code was defeated by Social Inclusion March 12 at Gulfstream Park as the speedster drew away to a 10-length victory in track record fashion.

Hot Springs, AR - San Vicente Stakes winner Kobe's Back and local stakes champ Tapiture headline a field of eight 3-year-olds for Saturday's $600,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Five-time graded stakes winner Brother Derek has arrived at Naylee Farm and will take up residence this year standing at stud in West Virginia.

We're just about seven weeks away from the Run for the Roses -- and Early Times Mint Julep just released the design for this year's bottle commemorating the Kentucky Derby.

Hip No. 343, a chestnut colt by Giant's Causeway was one of two horses sold for $1.6 million dollars.

By Dick Downey @DowneyProfile The Kentucky Derby is only 53 days away now, and the quest for valuable qualifying points has intensified and changed the shape of the leaderboard quite a bit in the last couple of weeks.

The up-and-coming colt cut a wide swath through the Triple Crown preps at . The eventual Kentucky Derby winner's commanding victories that spring in Louisville and in Baltimore at the Preakness Stakes helped the pint-sized Pennsylvania-bred bring 120,139 of his closest friends to for what figured to be a Triple Crown coronation.

ESPN's Game Day - or at least a little slice of it - is heading to Louisville to help kick off this year's Kentucky Derby festivities.

Churchill Downs has revealed its hand. No longer able to hide behind Louisville's iconic twin spires is a looming casino, slots and online gambling company.

Two new Derby contenders jumped into the points race over the weekend at the Tampa Bay Derby and the San Felipe Stakes.

Charleston's Elise Testone, who's enjoyed a solid run of performances on the national stage since becoming an American Idol finalist in 2012, will be heading to the Bluegrass State's famed Churchill Downs for the annual Kentucky Derby weekend, May 2-3.

IN NEW MEXICO. THE HORSE FACED 50 TO ONE ODDS, WHEN IT TOOK HOME THE VICTORY IN THE 2009 KENTUCKY DERBY.

"I'm not making any plans , you know what I mean?" said the 77-year-old Sherman, whose long years of toil are being rewarded by the unlikely California-bred colt.

A bill that passed the state Senate 48-1 on Friday could provide more financial flexibility to horse racing at Kennewick's Sun Downs.

Leading gate to wire, California Chrome most likely punched his ticket for the Kentucky Derby with a 71/4-length romp in Saturday's $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita.

Triple Crown prospect Top Billing cracked his right front cannon bone in a workout Saturday and is off the Triple Crown trail.Trainer Shug McGaughey says Top Billing will undergo Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.