The Road to the Roses is over, and now the spotlight shifts to Churchill Downs, where the 152nd Kentucky Derby is ready to take over Louisville in all its glorious chaos. From the buzz of the post ...

The Road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby has officially concluded, and anticipation is mounting as contenders await to see if their horses' performances in the prep races have secured them one of the ...

The long, rich history of the Kentucky Derby (G1) stretches back more than 150 years to its inaugural running in 1875. By reviewing decades of Kentucky Derby results for commonalities uniting past ...

I first wrote about the importance of 12-second furlongs and the Kentucky Derby for BloodHorse back in 2004. Since then, my findings have been mostly confined to a subscription page at The Downey ...

Up to 20 horses will break from the starting gate at the 2026 Kentucky Derby, almost twice as big as the average horse race measured by the size of the field. The crowd watching will be infinitely ...

The Kentucky Derby is one of those events that sports fans know is a big deal, even if they only check in on horse racing once a year. It is fast, flashy, tradition-heavy and usually packed with ...

A panel of horse racing experts provided insights on the Kentucky Derby field at The Courier Journal's Better Derby Betting event. Panel experts favored horses like Further Ado, Fulleffort and Chief ...

Post positions are drawn for the 152nd runnings of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. The 2026 Kentucky Derby will be run Saturday, May 2, at 6:57 p.m. at Churchill Downs. This year’s Kentucky Oaks ...

Arkansas Derby winner Renegade was named the 4-1 morning-line favorite for the $5 million, Grade 1 Kentucky Derby during Saturday’s post-position draw at Churchill Downs. Further Ado and Commandment — ...

The Kentucky Derby is a couple of weeks away. The Run for the Roses figures to have a full field of 20 horses. That makes this arguably the best betting race of the year. So many horses means plenty ...

We're off to the races! The 152nd Kentucky Derby is nearly here, which means extravagant hats and mint juleps are on their way. The Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuously-held sporting event in ...

The 152nd Kentucky Derby is less than two weeks away.The prep races are complete and nearly all of the expected entries have just one work left before being ready to go in this year’s Run for the ...