By US Racing Team Viva Venezuela! Mage took charge in the stretch and outdueled Two Phil’s in an exciting finish to the 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) on Saturday at Churchill Downs before a crowd of 150...
By US Racing Staff This time, the end of the dream for owner Mike Repole came on the morning of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1). Forte, the 2-year-old champion and favorite to win Saturday’s Run ...
By US Racing Team The weather report for Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs is looking mighty good at this point. With rain and possible thunderstorms in the forecast earlier in the week at just ar...
By US Racing Team Another long shot? Another disqualification? Is there a Triple Crown winner in the field? The way the results of the Kentucky Dery (G1) have gone over the past five editions, we know...
The 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) presented by Woodford Reserve will be run on Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The purse is $3 million, with $1.86 million going to the winner....
By US Racing Team Mike Battaglia has been Churchill Downs’ morning line odds maker for 48 years since 1974 and the 2023 Kentucky Derby will mark his 50th year assigning morning line odds to the Kent...
By US Racing Team Street Sense (2007), California Chrome (2014), American Pharoah (2015), Nyquist (2016) and Authentic (2020) are the only horses that entered the Kentucky Derby with at least $1 milli...
By US Racing Team The excitement of the Kentucky Derby is never restricted to just the two minutes or so in which the races run. In the weeks leading up to the annual event, contenders jump onto and o...
By US Racing Team Only one Derby winner since 1908 broke his maiden in the Derby, which means that the majority of all Derby runners have at least graduated to the winners’ class and made it to stak...
By US Racing Team So far, nine geldings — Vagrant (1876), Apollo (1882), Macbeth II (1888), Old Rosebud (1914), Exterminator (1918), Paul Jones (1920), Clyde Van Dusen (1929), Funny Cide (2003) ...
