Kentucky Derby

Saturday's race was run in near-record heat in Baltimore.

"We are going to stay with our plan of what's best for Ritchie," Rich Strike's owner said in a statement days after the horse won the Kentucky Derby.

In October 2021, we started thinking we had a really good horse.

The Derby winner apparently began nipping at the horse employed to help corral him, which prompted that horse's rider to swing at him.

Rich Strike "stunned the world" as a late addition and the longest shot to win this race with 99-to-1 odds earlier in the day.

The storied horse race returns on Saturday after last year's winner was marred by a failed drug test.

The 148th Annual Kentucky Derby is this weekend, and Newsweek takes a look back at celebrity fashion over the years.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, playing off of a nickname the former president had given him, gave fellow senators a bottle of Old Crow bourbon.

Famed horse trainer Bob Baffert won't be at next month's Kentucky Derby after a judge upheld penalties against him stemming from a doping scandal.

The horse has been at the center of controversy after he won the Derby and later tested positive for the drug betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory steroid.

Attorney Craig Robertson and Clark Brewster, who represented the horse's owner, Amp Zedan, said more testing will be done to hopefully prove the betamethasone was from an ointment to treat a skin infection, not an injection.

Baffert is suspended from all three major race tracks in New York, including Belmont Park, which will host the Belmont Stakes on June 5.

Medina Spirit, the Kentucky Derby winner, finished third after a pivotal week that saw the horse test positive for banned substances.

"While we do not know definitively that this was the source of the alleged 21 picograms found in Medina Spirit's post-race blood sample, and our investigation is containing, I have been told by equine pharmacology experts that this could explain the test results," Baffert said.

The horse's trainer said that he "did not cheat to win the Kentucky Derby."

Will Bob Baffert's horse be allowed to compete after a positive drug test following the Kentucky Derby?

Medina Spirit won the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 1 but later tested positive for the substance.

Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone after triumphing at Churchill Downs on May 1 and could be disqualified.

Medina Spirit tested positive for elevated levels of an anti-inflammatory steroid.

"If the findings are upheld, Medina Spirit's results in the Kentucky Derby will be invalidated and Mandaloun will be declared the winner," Churchill Downs said in a Sunday statement.

If the trainer's appeal is unsuccessful, Medina Spirit will be stripped of the prestigious Kentucky Derby crown and all money gained off the victory will be forfeited.

Jim McIngvale made history this weekend by betting $2.4 million on one horse at the Kentucky Derby. Then he made history by losing all of it.

Medina Spirit won the 147th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Here are the final results from the first leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.

"Essential Quality" is the 2-1 favorite ahead of the 147th instalment of the Run for the Roses this Saturday.

Bring the spirit of the 2021 Kentucky Derby races into your home by donning your fanciest derby hat and raising a glass of this limited-edition Woodford Reserve bourbon in celebration.

The 147th Run for the Roses on Saturday will welcome back fans after having been held behind closed doors last year.

Churchill Downs confirmed yesterday that "My Old Kentucky Home" will be performed at the Kentucky Derby.

At the Kentucky Derby the horses will head to the track with their companion ponies, the unsung heroes of the sport, including Hot Rod Charlie who will be with 20-year-old Lava Man.

Essential Quality is the market leader of the 20 horses competing in the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

A year after the Derby was held behind closed doors, up to 48,000 fans will attend the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on Saturday.