Kentucky Derby News

Just days after a heartbreaking runner-up finish aboard Renegade in Kentucky Derby 152, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. said the emotions of narrowly missing a Derby victory while watching his brother, Jose Ortiz, win racing’s biggest prize aboard Golden Tempo...

Animal Kingdom Stakes winner Outfielder collared longshot pacesetter Walter the Mason inside the final eighth of a mile and defeated Sandal’s Song by three lengths to win Saturday’s 11th running of the $222,500 William Walker Stakes (Listed) for 3-year-olds...

Whitham Thoroughbreds’ dominant Elkhorn (Grade II) winner Burnham Square returns to Churchill Downs next Saturday night to headline a compact field of six turf marathoners entered in the 89th running of the $250,000 Louisville Stakes (GIII), the featured...

Fueled by a $73,662 score on Kentucky Derby 152 winner Golden Tempo, Ed Deicke won the record-setting Kentucky Derby Betting Challenge (KDBC), while Ryan Petrunyak outlasted a competitive season-long leaderboard to capture the inaugural TwinSpires Tour...

Amo Racing USA, Wesley Ward and Jayson Werth’s Outfielder leads a competitive field of eight 3-year-old turf sprinters entered in Saturday’s 11th running of the $225,000 William Walker Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
Carded as Race 10 at 5:27...

Churchill Downs, in partnership with the Community Foundation of Louisville, celebrated another successful Winsday, presented by Resolute Racing, during Kentucky Derby Week.

Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Golden Tempo rallied from far back to pass Renegade in the final yards to win by a neck in the 152nd running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (GI) presented by Woodford Reserve for 3-year-olds on a brisk Saturday...

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Amerman Racing Stables’ homebred Stark Contrast blew past Honey Dutch at the eighth pole and then held off a late bid from Remember Mamba by 2 ¼ lengths to win the 35th running of the $1 million American Turf (GI) presented by the United Football League...