Aristides won the very first Kentucky Derby, but history also remembers the colt’s jockey: Oliver Lewis, a Black jockey from Lexington.
The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs will be here before you know it. Here are 15 facts about the historic horse race in Louisville.
Kayci Shacklette, a sophomore at Pleasure Ridge Park High School, was selected as the winner of the 39th annual Horsing ...
It’s been 20 years now since I first started covering the Kentucky Derby as a journalist, and back then the Infield was a very different place. On June 3, Hernandez’s Oaks day jockey pants will go to ...
Inc." It's an annual event to celebrate the history of Black jockeys in the Kentucky Derby. She even drained her retirement funds to keep this celebration free for the whole community. To honor ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) -The Kentucky Derby Festival is sharing a first look at the 2025 GE Appliances miniMarathon and Marathon medals. This year’s medal is rose gold and embellished with the Derby ...
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WAS HELD FOR HER AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM. SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR OWNING SHIRLEY MAE’S CAFE ON CLAY STREET. MISS BEARD ALSO CREATED THE ANNUAL SALUTE TO BLACK JOCKEYS ...
With two seconds and a third in the Kentucky Derby (G1) since 2018, trainer Chad Brown has high standards for his top 3-year-olds. Barnes has been tabbed as the 10-1 individual betting favorite in ...
The countdown to the Kentucky Derby continues on Saturday with the 2025 Lecomte Stakes. There are 20 Kentucky Derby qualifying points on the line at the 2025 Lecomte Stakes, as well as a $250,000 ...
He ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.05 under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., who earned ... while Skippylongstocking was a neck back in third and paid $4.40. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finished ninth in ...
The Jockeys' Guild held its Annual Assembly virtually ... presented by the Guild's lobbyists in California, New York and Kentucky. Gerald Hall, Founder and Chairman of SportsMEDIA Technology ...