Kentucky Derby News

Tejano Twist Denies Bango 12th Churchill Downs Win With Come-From-Behind Win in $300,000 Bet on Sunshine.

Grade II Winner Stitched Takes on 11 Rivals in Saturday’s $300,000 River City

Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mage is from the first crop of champion Good Magic, who was second to Justify in the 2018 Run for the Roses. And that’s just the beginning of his Derby-themed pedigree.
Good Magic’s sire, Hall of Famer Curlin, and maternal...

Thirty years after Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone became the first and thus far only female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when guiding Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont S. (G1), the "Test of the Champion" yielded another first when Arcangelo gave...

A total of six sophomore fillies will travel one mile on the Ellis Park main surface in Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl S. The Brad Cox-trained Wet Paint was last seen finishing a solid fourth in the recent Kentucky Oaks (G1) when sent postward as...

Mitchell Murrill admits the word “sleep” is no longer in his vocabulary as he finds balance in his life between being a jockey and a new father to his son, Hayden.
“It’s been a big change in our life. You’re used to just...

Peruvian jockey Martin Chuan has competed fulltime in the U.S. twice but now well into his third stint in North America, he’s ready to stay.
“I enjoyed riding in Peru and was very successful winning many Group I races but I wanted to come...

Harry L. Veruchi’s West Saratoga is the early points leader on the 2024 “Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve” after the Exaggerator colt won Saturday’s 42nd running of the $300,000 Iroquois (Grade III) for...

More than 20 years ago, trainer Matt Shirer was hard at work on the court playing high school and AAU basketball in northern Ohio. Shirer moved on from his basketball career in the early 2000s and officially began his training career in 2015.
We sat...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 4, 2023) – Henrietta Topham, owned and bred by Michael Burns’ Cambus-Kenneth Farm, surged past odds-on 3-5 favorite White Frost inside the final 100 yards to score a half-length victory in Sunday’s 47th...