Kentucky Derby News

Greater transparency is needed over the medication records of thoroughbreds, according to US Jockey Club chairman Ogden Mills Phipps.

Billed as the premier Derby Eve Party with a Purpose, The Julep Ball is held annually on the evening before the Kentucky Derby.

Larry Jones Jones is a two-time winner of the Kentucky Oaks, with Proud Spell in 2008 and Believe You Can in 2012.

WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing's TDN Rising Star Constitution , the undefeated winner of the GI Florida Derby, will miss the GI Kentucky Derby and the balance of the Triple Crown after being diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his right front cannon bone Monday.

"He's trained at Churchill Downs most of his life and seems to really love the track.

Two Time Horse of the Year Wise Dan breaks from gate #3 in the Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland in Kentucky.

Thunder Over Louisville was a Throwback this year and not just for the music marking the 25 year run of one of the largest fireworks shows in North America and one of the top air shows in the nation.

Cuonzo Martin coached his team during the second half of the Volunteers' NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal game against Michigan on March 28. But then, when 36,000 of your school's fans sign a petition that they wanted the old coach back, in this case Bruce Pearl, not surprised that Martin would really want off Rocky Top.

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The first time Ray Stackpole ever placed a bet on horses at the racetrack, he lost the $75 he brought with him.

' decision to charge the maximum takeout rates allowed by state law, but they hope positives follow from increased purses that improve the racing product enough to outweigh those negatives.

Join Blood-Horse national correspondent Steve Haskin as he reflects on this year's "Road to the Kentucky Derby" in a special podcast moderated by Bloodhorse.com online managing editor Ron Mitchell.

Masters champions keep coming back. Augusta is home. There is no place where they are more welcomed.

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The first race was on a track built by Meriweather Lewis Clark in 1874. Approximately ten thousand people were at the first Kentucky Derby.

Well, we all knew this day would come. Product is flying from the proverbial shelves at One57.

To qualify for the Kentucky Derby, a horse must be strong. This year a local farm is hoping being Wicked Strong is enough to snag the $2 million purse.

Woodford Reserve will guarantee a very rosy 140th Kentucky Derby for 89 people who purchase this year's special mint julep cups.

Are you looking for several options for a betting guide for the Kentucky Derby 2014? While working for the Kentucky Derby betting and news website, DerbyCraze.com , I regularly come across Twitter accounts for amateur or professional picks and odds experts.

The Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala, internationally recognized as the "premier" Kentucky Derby gala and counted among the "Ten Best Parties in the World" by Conde Nast, is proud to announce the celebrity lineup for its 26th annual gala.