Kentucky Derby News

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.

Lawmakers don't take up horse racing bill on KSDK.com: http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/2013/12/03/illinois-horse-racing-bill/3864039/ I'll Have Another, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, edges out Bodemeister, with Mike Smith up, to win the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville Kentucky, May 5, 2012.

Left to right are: Coach R. A. Mazzola, Bethany Garver, Lauren McGuire, Katelyn Peterson, Margaret Fitzgerald and Stephanie King.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Daily average handle from all sources was down more than 15 percent at the Churchill Downs fall meet that ended Saturday, according to information provided by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. , Dec. 3, 2013 -- Churchill Downs Incorporated announced that William E. Mudd , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, along with Mike Anderson , Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, will participate in the Wells Fargo Securities 2013 Boston Gaming Conference on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 .