The thrill when race day comes along is unmatched! While picking out a winner is generally the hard bit, we’ve at least got you covered when it comes to the best Kentucky Derby betting sites. Bovada races out of the tracks and ranks as our no. 1 pick for KY Derby horse racing odds, but […]
Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that offer qualifying points for the first leg in the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs. Read More
The final round of qualifying races for the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is in full swing, with two major preps held last weekend and three more scheduled for Saturday, March 30, spanning the globe. Read More
The trail is as cold as Fairbanks in February. A century since Black Gold won the Kentucky Derby, the fate of his owner's trophy remains shrouded in mystery, the truth buried beneath conflicting accounts, faulty conclusions, curious gaps, and secrets taken to the grave. Read More
Welcome to the calm before the storm. Read More
Horse racing is a sport full of jargon: for hardcore fans of the game, the sentence, “He worked a bullet over three panels in 35 and change” makes absolute and perfect sense. (The translation is: this horse was the fastest workout of the morning going three-eighths of a mile, traveling the distance in just over 35 seconds.) Read More
Sandy Ryan v Terri Harper, on Saturday at Sheffield Arena, is a proper Derbyshire v South Yorkshire contest. More importantly, world title bragging rights are on the line. Derby-born Ryan defends her WBO Welterweight crown against Denaby Main's Harper, who holds the WBA Super-Welterweight World Title, on the undercard of Dalton Smith v Jose Zepeda. Ryan (6-1-1, 2 KOs) says she would have loved to become a two-weight World Champion against Harper but will instead have to make do with defending...
Churchill Downs Racetrack and hospitality partner Levy have released the official on-track menu for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. Guests at the track for Longines Kentucky Oaks on Friday, May 3 and the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4 will enjoy bespoke food and beverage experiences that pay homage to and celebrate this global entertainment event. Read More
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a few weeks ago. Read More
For the eighth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2024 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.” Read More
Kentucky Derby upset winner Mine That Bird has returned to Churchill Downs, the sight of his greatest victory, to help usher in the Kentucky Derby Museum’s new Long Shots exhibit, which opens to the public March 28. Read More
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