Out on the grass stood Mike de Kock, a world-renowned South African trainer debuting at the Kentucky Derby and saying of the Ireland-bred, Dubai-feted Mubtaahij: “He's gotten more relaxed since he's been here. You can see he's hardly raised a sweat at all.
The horses for the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs. (Note: International
American Pharoah outran a solid field to win the 2015 Kentucky Derby and become the latest horse to claim the "Run for the Roses" and the first leg of a possible Triple Crown. If you missed the race from Churchill Downs or
Yet Kentucky Derby is as much about the fashion of attendees and party people as it is sweaty stallions, spawning preppy parties the world over. It's a grown up, upper crust Cinco de Mayo, and as American as apple pie, as the saying goes. If you don't
Finnegans Wake won by a nose — literally — in the final race of the the Kentucky Derby undercard. Jockey Victor Espinoza, who also rides Derby favorite American Pharoah, brought his horse back from 13 lengths to win the