Kentucky Derby News

Jose Ortiz officially clinched the 2025 Spring Meet riding title at Churchill Downs as he entered closing day with 61 victories through 42 days of racing – well ahead of Luis Saez (45 wins) and Brian Hernandez Jr. (38).
This marks Ortiz’s second riding...

Bettors have a massive $1,413,928 carryover in the Derby City 6 to chase Sunday at Churchill Downs for the 11-race closing day program.
 
There is a mandatory payout in Sunday’s 20-cent Derby City 6, which covers Races 6-11 starting at approximately...

In what was billed as one of the best races of the year and a showdown of North America’s top older horses, Mindfame, winner of the $1 million Churchill Downs (GI) on the Kentucky Derby undercard, cemented his status as a major player in 2025 with a...

FMQ Stables’ Saudi Crown, a multi-millionaire and Grade I-winning 5-year-old, returns to action Sunday at Churchill Downs with trainer Brad Cox confident he can add another victory to his resumé in the 72nd running of the $300,000 Hanshin presented...

Jockey Corey Lanerie added another milestone to his storied career Friday at Churchill Downs when he surpassed fellow Louisiana native Calvin Borel for second on the track’s all-time leading rider list.
Lanerie notched career victory No. 1,233 beneath...

Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna will attempt to return to top form following a troubled seventh-place finish in the $1 million Fasig-Tipton La Troienne (Grade I) when she leads four rivals entered in Saturday’s 50th running of the $500,000...

The $1 million Stephen Foster (Grade I) has consistently drawn top older horses to Churchill Downs, but this year’s edition is arguably the deepest and most accomplished in the race’s 44-year history.
Set for Saturday beneath the Twin Spires, the...

Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) winner Sierra Leone returns to Churchill Downs for the first time since his narrow runner-up finish to Mystik Dan in Kentucky Derby 150, this time as the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $1 million Stephen Foster...

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, one of the most prolific trainers and influences in horse racing history, has been hospitalized in Louisville, Ky. and will not return to training, according to Lukas family members.
 
According to the family,...

FMQ Stables’ Grade I winner Saudi Crown is set to face an accomplished field of eight horses that entered next Sunday’s 72nd running of the $300,000 Hanshin presented by JRA (Listed), one of five stakes contests on closing day of the 43-day Spring...