Where’s Bob? Not at the Kentucky Derby. Still banished by Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) The 150th edition of the Run for the Roses is Saturday (May 4), and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert remains ban...
Mike Repole looks at things differently than most people. It’s made him a billionaire. Billionaire owner confident first Kentucky Derby win is at hand Years ago, when folks were drinking either soda...
Part of the Kentucky Derby’s mystique is that it’s a race in which almost anything can happen and often does. A run of six consecutive winning favorites from 2013-18 (Orb, California Chrome, Ameri...
In a nonsensical way, the Marx Brothers knew a good horse when they saw one. Here’s a little repartee between Groucho (Dr. Hackenbush) and Chico (Tony) from the 1937 movie “A Day at the Races.” ...
A rose by any other name … On New Year’s Day, more than a million people line the streets of Pasadena to witness the annual Rose Parade (next year’s theme: Best! Day! Ever!) Along with her crown...
It looked like his long drought in the Kentucky Derby was about to end on May 7, 2022. Epicenter surged to the front in upper stretch and looked like the winner until the final strides. That’s when ...
A Kentucky-bred has a pretty good chance to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. First off, history says 115 of the 149 Derby winners were Kentucky breds – that’s a 77...
The Kentucky Derby trophy, first presented in its modern iteration in 1924, is believed to be the sole solid gold trophy awarded for a major American sporting event. Hand-hammered from a brick of 14-k...
One never knows what a $2 win bet will produce at the Kentucky Derby. With such a huge field totaling as many as 20 3-year-olds, you’ll get some solid favorites who deliver and many more longshots c...
If you bet on the bay, odds are you’ve probably picked a few Kentucky Derby winners through the years. Bay horses have been the most successful in the Derby (bay also is the most common horse color)...
